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When a man who had dyed himself with henna passed by the Prophet ﷺ, he said: How fine this is! When another man who had dyed himself with henna and katam passed by, he said: This is better than that. Then another man who had dyed himself with yellow dye, passed by, he said: This is better than all that.  

أبو داود:٤٢١١ – حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ قَدْ خَضَبَ بِالْحِنَّاءِ فَقَالَ مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذَا قَالَ فَمَرَّ آخَرُ قَدْ خَضَبَ بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ فَقَالَ هَذَا أَحْسَنُ مِنْ هَذَا قَالَ فَمَرَّ آخَرُ قَدْ خَضَبَ بِالصُّفْرَةِ فَقَالَ هَذَا أَحْسَنُ مِنْ هَذَا كُلِّهِ  

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ibnmajah:3627 – Abū Bakr > Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > Muḥammad b. Ṭalḥah > Ḥumayd b. Wahb > Ibn Ṭāwus > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

“The Prophet ﷺ passed by a man who had dyed his hair with henna and said: ‘How handsome this is!’ Then he passed by another who had dyed his hair with henna and Katam, and said: ‘This one is more handsome than that one.’ Then he passed by another who had dyed his hair yellow and said: ‘This one is more handsome than all of them.’”  

ابن ماجة:٣٦٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى رَجُلٍ قَدْ خَضَبَ بِالْحِنَّاءِ فَقَالَ مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذَا ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِآخَرَ قَدْ خَضَبَ بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ فَقَالَ هَذَا أَحْسَنُ مِنْ هَذَا ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِآخَرَ قَدْ خَضَبَ بِالصُّفْرَةِ فَقَالَ هَذَا أَحْسَنُ مِنْ هَذَا كُلِّهِ قَالَ وَكَانَ طَاوُسٌ يُصَفِّرُ  

tabarani:10922 – [Chain 1] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl [Chain 2] Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ > Ḥajjāj > Muḥammad b. Ṭalḥah > Ibn Rajāʾ > Muḥammad b. Ṭalḥah > Ḥumayd b. Wahb > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ passed by a man who had applied henna and said, "How nice is this." Then he passed by another man who had applied henna and katam and said, "How nice is this."Then he passed by another man who had applied yellow dye and said, "This is better than all of it." And Tawus used to apply yellow dye.  

الطبراني:١٠٩٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ ثنا حَجَّاجٌ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ وَقَالَ ابْنُ رَجَاءٍ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ قَدْ خَضَبَ بِالْحِنَّاءِ فَقَالَ «مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذَا» ثُمَّ مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ آخَرُ وَقَدْ خَضَبَ بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ فَقَالَ «مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذَا» ثُمَّ مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ آخَرُ وَقَدْ خَضَبَ بِالصُّفْرَةِ فَقَالَ «هَذَا أَحْسَنُ مِنْ هَذَا كُلِّهِ» وَكَانَ طَاوُسٌ يَخْضِبُ بِالصُّفْرَةِ