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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  


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ahmad:12690ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] I have counted in the head of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his beard, except fourteen white hairs.  

أحمد:١٢٦٩٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

مَا عَدَدْتُ فِي رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلِحْيَتِهِ إِلَّا أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ شَعَرَةً بَيْضَاءَ  

ahmad:12501Yūnus > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz / Ibn ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Salamah > Rabīʿah b. Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away, and he had twenty white hairs on his head and beard.  

أحمد:١٢٥٠١حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَا فِي رَأْسِهِ وَلِحْيَتِهِ عِشْرُونَ شَعَرَةً بَيْضَاءَ  

ahmad:12326Anas b. ʿIyāḍ > Rabīʿah > Anas b. Mālik /

[Machine] He heard Anas ibn Malik say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away when he was sixty years old, and he had only twenty white hairs on his head and beard.  

أحمد:١٢٣٢٦حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ حَدَّثَنِي رَبِيعَةُ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً لَيْسَ فِي رَأْسِهِ وَلِحْيَتِهِ عِشْرُونَ شَعْرَةً بَيْضَاءَ  

ahmad:12333Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah Wahāshim > Shuʿbah > Abū al-Tayyāḥ > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] "And I heard Anas ibn Malik saying: Verily, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Make things easy and do not make things difficult, and calm people down and do not drive them away."  

أحمد:١٢٣٣٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَهَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو التَّيَّاحِ

وَسَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَسِّرُوا وَلَا تُعَسِّرُوا وَسَكِّنُوا وَلَا تُنَفِّرُوا  

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  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ أَوْهَمَ بَعْضَ النَّاسِ ضِدَّ مَا وَصَفْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:6293ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Zanjūwayh > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] "I counted nothing on the head and beard of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ except fourteen white hairs."  

ابن حبّان:٦٢٩٣حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ زَنْجُوَيْهِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

«مَا عَدَدْتُ فِي رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلِحْيَتِهِ إِلَّا أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ شَعْرَةً بَيْضَاءَ»