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ahmad:12994Bahz > Hammām > Qatādah

[Machine] I asked Anas ibn Malik, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dye his hair?" He replied, "He did not dye it. There was only something on his temples. However, Abu Bakr dyed his hair with henna and katam."  

أحمد:١٢٩٩٤حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ أَخَضَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ ذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ شَيْءٌ فِي صُدْغَيْهِ وَلَكِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَضَبَ بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ  


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muslim:2341bMuḥammad b. Bakkār b. al-Rayyān > Ismāʿīl b. Zakariyyāʾ > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Ibn Sīrīn

I asked Anas b. Malik whether Messenger of Allah ﷺ dyed his hair. He said: He had not reached the stage when (he needed) dyeing (of his white hair). He had a few white hair in his beard. I said to him: Did Abu Bakr dye his hair? He said: Yes, with hina' (henna).  

مسلم:٢٣٤١bحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكَّارِ بْنِ الرَّيَّانِ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّاءَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَضَبَ فَقَالَ لَمْ يَبْلُغِ الْخِضَابَ كَانَ فِي لِحْيَتِهِ شَعَرَاتٌ بِيضٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَخْضِبُ قَالَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ  

nasai:5086Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Abū Dāwud > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

That he asked Anas: "Did the Messenger of Allah [SAW] dye his hair? He said: "His gray hair didn't go far, it was only a little at his temples."  

النسائي:٥٠٨٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَهُ هَلْ خَضَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ ذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ شَىْءٌ فِي صُدْغَيْهِ  

ahmad:13630ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah

[Machine] I asked Anas ibn Malik if the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , dyed his hair. He said, "It did not reach your knowledge. He only had a few grey hairs on his temples. However, Abu Bakr used to dye his hair with henna and katam."  

أحمد:١٣٦٣٠حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَخَضَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ لَمْ يَبْلُغْذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ شَيْئًا فِي صُدْغَيْهِ وَلَكِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَضَبَ بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ  

ahmad:13143Rawḥ > Hishām > Muḥammad

[Machine] I asked Anas ibn Malik, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dye his hair?" He said, "He never had a lot of gray hair to begin with, only a little. Abu Bakr and Umar used to dye their hair with henna and katam."  

أحمد:١٣١٤٣حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ هَلْ خَضَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَأَى يَعْنِي مِنَ الشَّيْبِ إِلَّا يَسِيرًا وَقَدْ خَضَبَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ أَحْسِبُ بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ  

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السيوطي:٨٥-١٠٩b

" عن حميد قَالَ: سَألتُ أنَس بن مالك أخَضَبَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ قَالَ: لَمْ يُصِبْهُ الشَّيْبُ، وَلَكِن خَضَبَ أَبُو بَكْر بالحِنَّاءِ والكَتَم (*) وَخَضب عُمَرُ بِالحِنَّاءِ ".  

ابن سعد، وأبو نعيم