It is narrated from Humaid bin Abdur Rahman, he says: I saw Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) delivering a sermon on the pulpit, while he had a tuft of hair in his hand. He said: O people of Madinah! Where are your scholars? I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbidding this. Also, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Children of Israel were punished when their women began to use such tufts of hair.