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ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ تَغْيِيرَ شَيْبِهِ بِبَعْضِ مَا يُغَيِّرُهُ مِنَ الْأَشْيَاءِ

ibnhibban:5469Ibn Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > Abū ʿUbayd > ʿUqbah b. And Ssāj > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allahﷺ arrived in Medina and his companion Abu Bakr was very dark-skinned. He covered himself with henna and dye until his skin became black. When I woke up in the morning, I said, 'His skin has become black.' He said, 'I did not say black.'"  

ابن حبّان:٥٤٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ وَسَّاجٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

«قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَكَانَ أَسَنَّ أَصْحَابِهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَغَلَّفَهَا بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ حَتَّى قَنَأَ لَوْنُهَا سَوَادًا فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ غَدَوْتُ فَقُلْتُ قَنَأَ لَوْنُهَا سَوَادًا قَالَ لَمْ أَقُلْ سَوَادًا»  


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bukhari:3920Duḥaym > al-Walīd > al-Awzāʿī > Abū ʿUbayd > ʿUqbah b. And Ssāj > Anas b. Mālik

"When the Prophet ﷺ arrived at Medina, the eldest amongst his companions was Abu Bakr. He dyed his hair with Hinna and Katam till it became of dark red color.  

البخاري:٣٩٢٠وَقَالَ دُحَيْمٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ وَسَّاجٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ فَكَانَ أَسَنَّ أَصْحَابِهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَغَلَفَهَا بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ حَتَّى قَنَأَ لَوْنُهَا