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ahmad:8672 – Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿUmar b. Abū Salamah from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Trim the mustaches and let the beards grow. Change the color of your grey hair and do not imitate the Jews and Christians."

أحمد:٨٦٧٢ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَعْفُوا اللِّحَى وَخُذُواالشَّوَارِبَ وَغَيِّرُوا شَيْبَكُمْ وَلَا تَشَبَّهُوا بِالْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى

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ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِتَغْيِيرِ الشَّيْبِ إِذَا كَانَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ لَا يُغَيِّرُونَهُ

ibnhibban:5473 – Abū Yaʿlá > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Ibn Idrīs > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Change grey hair, and do not resemble the Jews.ʿ (Using translation from Aḥmad 1415)

ابن حبّان:٥٤٧٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «غَيِّرُوا الشَّيْبَ وَلَا تَشَبَّهُوا بِالْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى»

suyuti:3578a –
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السيوطي:٣٥٧٨a –

"أَعْفُوا اللِّحَى، وجُزَّوا الشَّوَارِبَ، وغيِّرُوا شيبَكُم، ولا تَشبَهَّوُا باليهودِ والنَّصارى".

[حم] أحمد عن أبي هريرة