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ahmad:11965Muʿtamir > Ḥumayd > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not have twenty white hairs in his head and beard. Abu Bakr used to dye his hair and beard with henna and katam, and Umar used to dye his hair with henna.  

أحمد:١١٩٦٥حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلِحْيَتِهِ عِشْرُونَ شَعَرَةً بَيْضَاءَ وَخَضَبَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ وَخَضَبَ عُمَرُ بِالْحِنَّاءِ  


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ahmad:12920ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Rabīʿah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] I heard Anas ibn Malik saying that there were twenty white hairs in the head and beard of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.  

أحمد:١٢٩٢٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ مَا كَانَ فِي رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلِحْيَتِهِ عِشْرُونَ شَعَرَةً بَيْضَاءَ