Ibn Abi al-Dunya preserves a report about a neighboring boy who had remained bald until about twelve years of age. His father brought him to Habib al-Ajami, may Allah have mercy on him, and asked him to pray for the boy. The report says that Habib wept, prayed, and wiped the boy’s head with his tears. Before the boy left, the roots of hair were said to have darkened, and later his hair continued to grow. A named witness is also reported to have seen the boy both before and after.
Ibn Abi al-Dunya preserves a devotional account about a boy from the neighborhood who had remained bald until he was about twelve years old. His father brought him to Habib al-Ajami, may Allah have mercy on him, and asked Habib to pray to Allah for his son. The story therefore begins with a father seeking prayer for his child and bringing him directly to a man remembered for worship, devotion, and supplication.
According to the report, Habib al-Ajami was moved by the boy’s condition. He wept, prayed for him, and then wiped the boy’s head with his tears. The narration does not preserve a fixed wording for the supplication itself. Its focus is instead on Habib’s weeping, his prayer, and the action that immediately followed, keeping the scene short and centered on the request made by the father.
The story then describes a visible change before the boy departed. It says that the roots of hair on his head began to darken while he was still there. The report continues by saying that hair later grew on his head and kept growing. In this way, the event is told as a sequence: the father brings the boy, Habib prays and weeps, the roots darken, and the hair then appears and continues to grow after the meeting.
The account also names Mujashi' al-Dayri as someone connected with observing the boy. He is reported to have seen the child before the event when he was bald and then to have seen him afterward with hair. That before-and-after observation is part of the transmitted story and gives the narrative a named witness who is presented as remembering both stages of the boy’s condition rather than only hearing the story from others.
Ibn Abi al-Dunya preserves this report in Mujabu al-Da'wa, and al-Lalaka'i later records the same core account in material concerning the karamat of Habib al-Ajami. The story remains focused on one reported event: a father asking for prayer, Habib’s tears and supplication, the darkening of the hair roots before the boy left, the later appearance of hair, and a witness said to have seen the boy both before and afterward.
According to the report, Habib al-Ajami was moved by the boy’s condition. He wept, prayed for him, and then wiped the boy’s head with his tears. The narration does not preserve a fixed wording for the supplication itself. Its focus is instead on Habib’s weeping, his prayer, and the action that immediately followed, keeping the scene short and centered on the request made by the father.
The story then describes a visible change before the boy departed. It says that the roots of hair on his head began to darken while he was still there. The report continues by saying that hair later grew on his head and kept growing. In this way, the event is told as a sequence: the father brings the boy, Habib prays and weeps, the roots darken, and the hair then appears and continues to grow after the meeting.
The account also names Mujashi' al-Dayri as someone connected with observing the boy. He is reported to have seen the child before the event when he was bald and then to have seen him afterward with hair. That before-and-after observation is part of the transmitted story and gives the narrative a named witness who is presented as remembering both stages of the boy’s condition rather than only hearing the story from others.
Ibn Abi al-Dunya preserves this report in Mujabu al-Da'wa, and al-Lalaka'i later records the same core account in material concerning the karamat of Habib al-Ajami. The story remains focused on one reported event: a father asking for prayer, Habib’s tears and supplication, the darkening of the hair roots before the boy left, the later appearance of hair, and a witness said to have seen the boy both before and afterward.
Conclusion
The story closes with the reported growth of the boy’s hair after Habib al-Ajami wept and prayed for him, with a named witness said to have seen him before and afterward.
Sources
Ibn Abi al-Dunya, Mujabu al-Da'wa, report 96
Ibn Abi al-Dunya, Mujabu al-Da'wa, report 96
Ibn Abi al-Dunya, Mujabu al-Da'wa, report 96
Ibn Abi al-Dunya, Mujabu al-Da'wa, report 96
Ibn Abi al-Dunya, Mujabu al-Da'wa, report 96
Ibn Abi al-Dunya, Mujabu al-Da'wa, report 96: Mujashi' says he saw the boy before and after
al-Lalaka'i, Sharh Usul I'tiqad Ahl al-Sunna, report 194
al-Dhahabi, Mizan al-I'tidal, entry al-Abbas ibn al-Fadl al-Azraq
Tahdhib al-Kamal material for al-Abbas ibn al-Fadl al-Azraq
CAND-0172 Task 1 evidence synthesis