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ahmad:12635Muḥammad b. Salamah al-Ḥarrānī > Hishām > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn Qālasuʾil Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] Narrated by Khidab, the messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, the messenger of Allah ﷺ did not have much white hair, but Abu Bakr and Umar after him dyed their hair with henna and katam. Abu Bakr came with his father, Abu Quhafa, to the messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of the conquest of Mecca, carrying him until he was placed before the Prophet ﷺ . The messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Bakr, 'If you had firm faith in the elderly sheikh, we would visit him as a gesture of respect to Abu Bakr.' So the elderly sheikh embraced Islam, and his beard and head became white like the white of a dove. The messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, 'Change it and avoid black color.'"  

أحمد:١٢٦٣٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَسُئِلَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ

عَنْ خِضَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَابَ إِلَّا يَسِيرًا وَلَكِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ بَعْدَهُ خَضَبَا بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ قَالَ وَجَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِأَبِيهِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ يَحْمِلُهُ حَتَّى وَضَعَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ لَوْ أَقْرَرْتَ الشَّيْخَ فِي بَيْتِهِ لَأَتَيْنَاهُ تَكْرُمَةً لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ فَأَسْلَمَ وَلِحْيَتُهُ وَرَأْسُهُ كَالثَّغَامَةِ بَيَاضًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ غَيِّرُوهُمَا وَجَنِّبُوهُ السَّوَادَ  


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ibnhibban:5472Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm a freed slave of Thaqīf > al-Ḥasan b. Aḥmad b. Abū Shuʿayb > Muḥammad b. Salamah > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] Abu Bakr came with Abu Quhafa to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of the conquest of Makkah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Bakr, "If you had settled the old man in his house, we would have honored him out of respect for Abu Bakr." Abu Bakr embraced Islam, and his head and beard were white like a white thaghamah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Change them and keep away from black dye."  

ابن حبّان:٥٤٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِأَبِي قُحَافَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمِ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ «لَوْ أَقْرَرْتَ الشَّيْخَ فِي بَيْتِهِ لَأَتَيْنَاهُ تَكْرِمَةً لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ» قَالَ فَأَسْلَمَ وَرَأْسُهُ وَلِحْيَتُهُ كَالثَّغَامَةِ بَيْضَاءَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «غَيِّرُوهُمَا وَجَنِّبُوهُ السَّوَادَ»