I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering a sermon, and Hasan and Husain came forward, wearing red shirts, stumbling and getting up again. The Prophet ﷺ stepped down, picked them up and put them in his lap. Then he said: “Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth. ‘Your wealth and your children are only a trial.’ [64:15] I saw these two and I could not be patient. Then he resumed his sermon.”  

قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فَأَقْبَلَ حَسَنٌ وَحُسَيْنٌ عَلَيْهِمَا قَمِيصَانِ أَحْمَرَانِ يَعْثُرَانِ وَيَقُومَانِ فَنَزَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَخَذَهُمَا فَوَضَعَهُمَا فِي حِجْرِهِ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ {إِنَّمَا أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَأَوْلاَدُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ} رَأَيْتُ هَذَيْنِ فَلَمْ أَصْبِرْ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade Al-Mufaddam.”  

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمُفَدَّمِ قَالَ يَزِيدُ قُلْتُ لِلْحَسَنِ مَا الْمُفَدَّمُ قَالَ الْمُشْبَعُ بِالْعُصْفُرِ  

“I heard ‘Ali say: ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me – and I do not say that he forbade you – from wearing clothes dyed with safflower.’”  

سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلاَ أَقُولُ نَهَاكُمْ عَنْ لُبْسِ الْمُعَصْفَرِ  

“We came with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was Thaniyyat Adhakhir. He turned to me, and I was wearing a thin cloak dyed with safflower, and said: ‘What is this?’ And I realized that he disliked it. I came to my family when they were heating their oven and threw it (in the oven). Then I came to him the following day and he said: ‘O ‘Abdullah, what happened to the thin cloak?’ I told him (what I had done) and he said: ‘Why did you not give it to some of your family to wear, for there is nothing wrong with it for women.’”  

أَقْبَلْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ ثَنِيَّةِ أَذَاخِرَ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَىَّ وَعَلَىَّ رَيْطَةٌ مُضَرَّجَةٌ بِالْعُصْفُرِ فَقَالَ مَا هَذِهِ فَعَرَفْتُ مَا كَرِهَ فَأَتَيْتُ أَهْلِي وَهُمْ يَسْجُرُونَ تَنُّورَهُمْ فَقَذَفْتُهَا فِيهِ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ مِنَ الْغَدِ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ مَا فَعَلَتِ الرَّيْطَةُ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ أَلاَ كَسَوْتَهَا بَعْضَ أَهْلِكَ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ بَأْسَ بِذَلِكَ لِلنِّسَاءِ  

“The Prophet ﷺ came to us and we gave him some water with which to cool down. He bathed, then I brought him a yellow blanket, and I saw the traces of Wars (the yellow dye) on the folds of his stomach.”  

أَتَانَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَوَضَعْنَا لَهُ مَاءً يَتَبَرَّدُ بِهِ فَاغْتَسَلَ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ بِمِلْحَفَةٍ صَفْرَاءَ فَرَأَيْتُ أَثَرَ الْوَرْسِ عَلَى عُكَنِهِ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Eat and drink, give charity and wear clothes, as long as that does not involve any extravagance or vanity.’”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا وَتَصَدَّقُوا وَالْبَسُوا مَا لَمْ يُخَالِطْهُ إِسْرَافٌ أَوْ مَخِيلَةٌ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Whoever wears a garment of pride and vanity, Allah will clothe him, on the Day of Resurrection, in a garment of humiliation.’”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ لَبِسَ ثَوْبَ شُهْرَةٍ أَلْبَسَهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ثَوْبَ مَذَلَّةٍ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Whoever wears a garment of pride and vanity in this world, Allah will clothe him in a garment of humiliation on the Day of Resurrection, then set it ablaze.’”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ لَبِسَ ثَوْبَ شُهْرَةٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا أَلْبَسَهُ اللَّهُ ثَوْبَ مَذَلَّةٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ثُمَّ أَلْهَبَ فِيهِ نَارًا  

“Whoever wears a garment of pride and vanity, Allah will turn away from him until he takes it off.”  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ لَبِسَ ثَوْبَ شُهْرَةٍ أَعْرَضَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ حَتَّى يَضَعَهُ مَتَى وَضَعَهُ  

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Any skin that has been tanned has been purified.’”  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَيُّمَا إِهَابٍ دُبِغَ فَقَدْ طَهُرَ  

“Why don’t they take its skin and ten it, and make us of it?” They said: “O Messenger of Allah, it is dead meat.”* He said: “It is only unlawful to eat it.”  

أَنَّ شَاةً لِمَوْلاَةِ مَيْمُونَةَ مَرَّ بِهَا يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَدْ أُعْطِيَتْهَا مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ مَيْتَةً فَقَالَ هَلاَّ أَخَذُوا إِهَابَهَا فَدَبَغُوهُ فَانْتَفَعُوا بِهِ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهَا مَيْتَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّمَا حَرُمَ أَكْلُهَا  

“One of the Mothers of the Believers had a sheep that died. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by it and said: ‘It would not have harmed its owners if they had made use of its hide.’”  

كَانَ لِبَعْضِ أُمَّهَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ شَاةٌ فَمَاتَتْ فَمَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ مَا ضَرَّ أَهْلَ هَذِهِ لَوِ انْتَفَعُوا بِإِهَابِهَا  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded that use should be made of the skins of dead animals, if they were tanned.”  

أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُسْتَمْتَعَ بِجُلُودِ الْمَيْتَةِ إِذَا دُبِغَتْ  

“There came to us a letter from the Prophet ﷺ (saying): ‘No not make use of the untanned skin and sinew of dead animals.’”  

أَتَانَا كِتَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنْ لاَ تَنْتَفِعُوا مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ بِإِهَابٍ وَلاَ عَصَبٍ  

“The sandals of the Prophet ﷺ had two thongs doubled around their straps.”  

كَانَ لِنَعْلِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قِبَالاَنِ مَثْنِيٌّ شِرَاكُهُمَا  

“The sandals of the Prophet ﷺ had two thongs.”  

كَانَ لِنَعْلِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قِبَالاَنِ  

“When anyone of you puts on his sandals, let him start with the right, and when he takes them off, let him start with the left.”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا انْتَعَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِالْيُمْنَى وَإِذَا خَلَعَ فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِالْيُسْرَى  

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said; “None of you should walk in one sandal or in one leather sock. Let him take them both off or walk in both of them.”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَمْشِي أَحَدُكُمْ فِي نَعْلٍ وَاحِدٍ وَلاَ خُفٍّ وَاحِدٍ لِيَخْلَعْهُمَا جَمِيعًا أَوْ لِيَمْشِ فِيهِمَا جَمِيعًا  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade putting on sandals whilst standing.”  

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَنْتَعِلَ الرَّجُلُ قَائِمًا  

“The Prophet ﷺ forbade putting on sandals whilst standing.”  

نَهَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَنْتَعِلَ الرَّجُلُ قَائِمًا  

It was narrated from Ibn Buraidah, from his father, that an-Najashi sent a pair of pure black Khuff as a gift to the Prophet ﷺ of, which he wore.  

أَنَّ النَّجَاشِيَّ أَهْدَى لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ خُفَّيْنِ سَاذَجَيْنِ أَسْوَدَيْنِ فَلَبِسَهُمَا  

“The Jews and the Christians do not dye (their hair), so differ from them.”  

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى لاَ يَصْبُغُونَ فَخَالِفُوهُمْ  

“The best things with which you change gray hair are henna and Katam.”*  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ مَا غَيَّرْتُمْ بِهِ الشَّيْبَ الْحِنَّاءُ وَالْكَتَمُ  

“I entered upon Umm Salamah and she brought out for me a hair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, which was dyed with henna and Katam.”  

فَأَخْرَجَتْ إِلَىَّ شَعَرًا مِنْ شَعَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَخْضُوبًا بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ  

“Abu Quhaifah was brought to the Prophet ﷺ on the Day of the Conquest (of Makkah), and his head was all white. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Take him to some of his womenfolk and let them change this, but avoid black.’”  

جِيءَ بِأَبِي قُحَافَةَ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَكَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ ثَغَامَةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اذْهَبُوا بِهِ إِلَى بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ فَلْتُغَيِّرْهُ وَجَنِّبُوهُ السَّوَادَ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘The best thing with which you can dye your hair is this black (dye). It makes your women desire you and creates fear in the hearts of your enemies.’”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ مَا اخْتَضَبْتُمْ بِهِ لَهَذَا السَّوَادُ أَرْغَبُ لِنِسَائِكُمْ فِيكُمْ وَأَهْيَبُ لَكُمْ فِي صُدُورِ عَدُوِّكُمْ  

“I see that you dye your beard yellow with Wars.” Ibn ‘Umar said: “As for my dyeing of my beard yellow with Wars, I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dyeing his beard yellow.”  

ابْنُ عُمَرَ أَمَّا تَصْفِيرِي لِحْيَتِي فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَفِّرُ لِحْيَتَهُ  

“The Prophet ﷺ passed by a man who had dyed his hair with henna and said: ‘How handsome this is!’ Then he passed by another who had dyed his hair with henna and Katam, and said: ‘This one is more handsome than that one.’ Then he passed by another who had dyed his hair yellow and said: ‘This one is more handsome than all of them.’”  

مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى رَجُلٍ قَدْ خَضَبَ بِالْحِنَّاءِ فَقَالَ مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذَا ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِآخَرَ قَدْ خَضَبَ بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ فَقَالَ هَذَا أَحْسَنُ مِنْ هَذَا ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِآخَرَ قَدْ خَضَبَ بِالصُّفْرَةِ فَقَالَ هَذَا أَحْسَنُ مِنْ هَذَا كُلِّهِ قَالَ وَكَانَ طَاوُسٌ يُصَفِّرُ  

“I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and this part of his hair was white” – meaning the tuft of hair between the lower lip and the chin.  

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَذِهِ مِنْهُ بَيْضَاءُ يَعْنِي عَنْفَقَتَهُ  

“Anas bin Malik was asked: ‘Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dye his hair?’ He said: ‘He did not have any white hair apart from approximately seventeen or twenty hairs at the front of his beard.’”  

سُئِلَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ أَخَضَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَرَ مِنَ الشَّيْبِ إِلاَّ نَحْوَ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ أَوْ عِشْرِينَ شَعَرَةً فِي مُقَدَّمِ لِحْيَتِهِ  

“The white hair of the Prophet ﷺ numbered approximately twenty.”  

كَانَ شَيْبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَحْوَ عِشْرِينَ شَعَرَةً  

“Umm Hani said: ‘When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered Makkah he had four braids.’”  

أُمُّ هَانِئٍ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَكَّةَ وَلَهُ أَرْبَعُ غَدَائِرَ تَعْنِي ضَفَائِرَ  

“The People of the Book used to let their hair hang down, and the idolaters used to part their hair. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ liked to be more like the People of the Book. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ let his forelock hang down, then after that he parted it.”  

كَانَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ يَسْدُلُونَ أَشْعَارَهُمْ وَكَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ يَفْرِقُونَ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُحِبُّ مُوَافَقَةَ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ قَالَ فَسَدَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَاصِيَتَهُ ثُمَّ فَرَقَ بَعْدُ  

“I used to part the hair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ behind his crown, and let his forelock hang down.”  

كُنْتُ أَفْرِقُ خَلْفَ يَافُوخِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَسْدِلُ نَاصِيَتَهُ  

“The hair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was wavy, and (hung down) between his ears and his shoulders.”  

كَانَ شَعَرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَعَرًا رَجِلاً بَيْنَ أُذُنَيْهِ وَمَنْكِبَيْهِ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had hair that came between his earlobes and his shoulders.”  

كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَعَرٌ دُونَ الْجُمَّةِ وَفَوْقَ الْوَفْرَةِ  

“The Prophet ﷺ saw me when I had long hair. He said: ‘Bad news, bad news!’ So I went away and cut it short. Then the Prophet ﷺ saw me and said: ‘I did not mean you, but this is better.’”  

رَآنِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَلِي شَعَرٌ طَوِيلٌ فَقَالَ ذُبَابٌ ذُبَابٌ فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَرَآنِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَمْ أَعْنِكَ وَهَذَا أَحْسَنُ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade Qaza’.” He (Nafi’) said: “What is Qaza’?” He said: “It means shaving part of a child’s head and leaving another part.”  

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهُ ﷺ عَنِ الْقَزَعِ قَالَ وَمَا الْقَزَعُ قَالَ أَنْ يُحْلَقَ مِنْ رَأْسِ الصَّبِيِّ مَكَانٌ وَيُتْرَكَ مَكَانٌ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade Qaza’.”  

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْقَزَعِ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wore a ring of silver, then he had engraved on it (the words) ‘Muhammad Rasul Allah’ (Muhammad the Messenger of Allah). And he said: ‘No one should have his ring engraved like this ring of mine.’”  

اتَّخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَاتَمًا مِنْ وَرِقٍ ثُمَّ نَقَشَ فِيهِ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ لاَ يَنْقُشْ أَحَدٌ عَلَى نَقْشِ خَاتَمِي هَذَا  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had a ring made for him, and he said: ‘I have had a ring made for me and had it engraved, and no one should make a ring with similar engraving.’”  

اصْطَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَاتَمًا فَقَالَ إِنَّا قَدِ اصْطَنَعْنَا خَاتَمًا وَنَقَشْنَا فِيهِ نَقْشًا فَلاَ يَنْقُشَنَّ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ  

‘Muhammad Rasul Allah’ (Muhammad the Messenger of Allah).”  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ اتَّخَذَ خَاتَمًا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ لَهُ فَصٌّ حَبَشِيٌّ وَنَقْشُهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade wearing gold rings.”  

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ التَّخَتُّمِ بِالذَّهَبِ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade gold rings.”  

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ خَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ  

“Najashi sent some jewelry as a gift to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Among that was a gold ring with an Ethiopian gemstone. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ picked it up with a stick – as if he found it distasteful – or with one of his fingers, then he called for his daughter, Umamah bint Abul-‘As, and said: ‘Wear this, O my daughter.’”  

أَهْدَى النَّجَاشِيُّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَلْقَةً فِيهَا خَاتَمُ ذَهَبٍ فِيهِ فَصٌّ حَبَشِيٌّ فَأَخَذَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِعُودٍ وَإِنَّهُ لَمُعْرِضٌ عَنْهُ أَوْ بِبَعْضِ أَصَابِعِهِ ثُمَّ دَعَا ابْنَةَ ابْنَتِهِ أُمَامَةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ فَقَالَ تَحَلَّىْ بِهَذَا يَا بُنَيَّةُ  

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Prophet ﷺ used to wear (his ring) with the stone nearest his palm.  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَجْعَلُ فَصَّ خَاتَمِهِ مِمَّا يَلِي كَفَّهُ  

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wore a silver ring with an Ethiopian gemstone, and he used to ear the stone in towards his palm.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَبِسَ خَاتَمَ فِضَّةٍ فِيهِ فَصٌّ حَبَشِيٌّ كَانَ يَجْعَلُ فَصَّهُ فِي بَطْنِ كَفِّهِ  

It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin Ja’far that the Prophet ﷺ used to wear a ring on his right hand.  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَخَتَّمُ فِي يَمِينِهِ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me to wear a ring on this and on this,” meaning the little finger and the thumb.  

نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَتَخَتَّمَ فِي هَذِهِ وَفِي هَذِهِ يَعْنِي الْخِنْصَرَ وَالإِبْهَامَ  

“The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image.”  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ تَدْخُلُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ كَلْبٌ وَلاَ صُورَةٌ