77. Dress

٧٧۔ كتاب اللباس

77.66 What is said about grey hair

٧٧۔٦٦ باب مَا يُذْكَرُ فِي الشَّيْبِ

bukhari:5894Muʿallá b. Asad > Wuhayb > Ayyūb > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn

I asked Anas, "Did the Prophet ﷺ dye his hair?" Anas replied, "The Prophet ﷺ did not have except a few grey hairs."  

البخاري:٥٨٩٤حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ أَنَسًا أَخَضَبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ لَمْ يَبْلُغِ الشَّيْبَ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً  

bukhari:5895Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Thābit > Suʾil Anas

Anas was asked whether the Prophet ﷺ used a a hair dye or not. He replied, "The Prophet ﷺ did not have enough grey hair to dye, (such that) if I wanted to count the fading hairs in his beard (I could have)."  

البخاري:٥٨٩٥حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَنَسٌ

عَنْ خِضَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ مَا يَخْضِبُ لَوْ شِئْتُ أَنْ أَعُدَّ شَمَطَاتِهِ فِي لِحْيَتِهِ  

bukhari:5896Mālik b. Ismāʿīl > Isrāʾīl > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab

ʿUthman bin ʿAbdullah bin Mauhab said, "My people sent me with a bowl of water to Um Salama." Isra'il approximated three fingers ('indicating the small size of the container in which there was some hair of the Prophet. ʿUthman added, "If any person suffered from evil eye or some other disease, he would send a vessel (containing water) to Um Salama. I looked into the container (that held the hair of the Prophet) and saw a few red hairs in it,"  

البخاري:٥٨٩٦حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ

أَرْسَلَنِي أَهْلِي إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ بِقَدَحٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ وَقَبَضَ إِسْرَائِيلُ ثَلاَثَ أَصَابِعَ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ فِيهِ شَعَرٌ مِنْ شَعَرِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَكَانَ إِذَا أَصَابَ الإِنْسَانَ عَيْنٌ أَوْ شَىْءٌ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا مِخْضَبَهُ فَاطَّلَعْتُ فِي الْجُلْجُلِ فَرَأَيْتُ شَعَرَاتٍ حُمْرًا  

bukhari:5897Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Salāam > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab

I went to Um Salama and she brought out for us some of the dyed hair of the Prophet.  

البخاري:٥٨٩٧حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا سَلاَّمٌ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَأَخْرَجَتْ إِلَيْنَا شَعَرًا مِنْ شَعَرِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَخْضُوبًا  

bukhari:5898Lanā Abū Nuʿaym > Nuṣayr b. Abū al-Ashʿath > Ibn Mawhab

Ibn Mauhab also said that Um Salama had shown him the red hair of the Prophet.  

البخاري:٥٨٩٨وَقَالَ لَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا نُصَيْرُ بْنُ أَبِي الأَشْعَثِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَوْهَبٍ

أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ أَرَتْهُ شَعَرَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَحْمَرَ