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"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'Change gray hair but do not imitate the Jews.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5074)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٢٩٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدِ بْنِ زَنْجَوَيْهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كُنَاسَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «غَيِّرُوا الشَّيْبَ وَلَا تَشَبَّهُوا بِالْيَهُودِ وَكِلَاهُمَا غَيْرُ مَحْفُوظٍ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ»  

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nasai:5074 – Ḥumayd b. Makhlad > Muḥammad b. Kunāsah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > ʿUthmān b. ʿUrwah from his father > al-Zubayr

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'Change gray hair but do not imitate the Jews.'"  

النسائي:٥٠٧٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كُنَاسَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَيِّرُوا الشَّيْبَ وَلاَ تَشَبَّهُوا بِالْيَهُودِ وَكِلاَهُمَا غَيْرُ مَحْفُوظٍ