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ibnmajah:3625 – Abū Hurayrah al-Ṣayrafī Muḥammad b. Firās > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb b. Zakariyyā al-Rāsibī > Daffāʿ b. Daghfal al-Sadūsī > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Ṣayfī from his father from his grandfather Ṣuhayb al-Khayr

“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.’”  

ابن ماجة:٣٦٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فِرَاسٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا الرَّاسِبِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا دَفَّاعُ بْنُ دَغْفَلٍ السَّدُوسِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ صَيْفِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ صُهَيْبِ الْخَيْرِ قَالَ

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

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suyuti:6133a –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٦١٣٣a –

"إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ ما اختضبتم بِهِ لَهَذَا السَّوادُ، أَرْغَبُ لِنِسَائِكُم فيكم، وأَهيبُ لكمْ في صدُورِ عَدُوّكُم".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة عن عبد الحميد بن صيفى بن صهيب عن أَبى عن جده
suyuti:693a –

“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.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3625)   

السيوطي:٦٩٣a –

"أحْسَنُ ما اختضَبْتُمْ به من هَذَا السوادِ أرغَبُ لنسائكم وأَهْيبُ لكم في صدور عَدُوَّكم".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة عن صهيب