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Ash-Shama'il 36

‘I said to Anas ibn Malik: ‘Did the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) dye his hair?’ He replied: ‘He did not get to that, for he was grayed only in the hair covering his temples, but…

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ

قَالَ: قُلْتُ لأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ: هَلْ خَضَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَ: لَمْ يَبْلُغْ ذَلِكَ، إِنَّمَا كَانَ شَيْبًا فِي صُدْغَيْهِ وَلَكِنْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، خَضَبَ بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ

‘I said to Anas ibn Malik: ‘Did the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) dye his hair?’ He replied: ‘He did not get to that, for he was grayed only in the hair covering his temples, but Abu Bakr (may Allah the Exalted be well pleased with him) dyed his hair with henna and a herbal mixture called katam.’’

Ash-Shama'il 36, Book 5, Appearing Of The White Hair Of Rasoolullah, Hadith 1. 1 min read

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Who passed it on, from Imam at-Tirmidhi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam at-TirmidhiCompiler, died 279 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn Bashshar, BundarTold us, Fourth generation, died 252 AH
  3. 3Abu Dawud at-TayalisiInformed us, Third generation, died 203 AH
  4. 4Hammam ibn YahyaInformed us, Third generation, died 163 AH
  5. 5Qatadah ibn DiamahFrom, Successor, died 117 AH

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