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nasai:5086Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Abū Dāwud > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

That he asked Anas: "Did the Messenger of Allah [SAW] dye his hair? He said: "His gray hair didn't go far, it was only a little at his temples."  

النسائي:٥٠٨٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَهُ هَلْ خَضَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ ذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ شَىْءٌ فِي صُدْغَيْهِ  


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bukhari:3550Abū Nuʿaym > Hammām > Qatādah

I asked Anas, "Did the Prophet ﷺ use to dye (his) hair?" He said, "No, for there were only a few white hairs on his temples."  

البخاري:٣٥٥٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ أَنَسًا هَلْ خَضَبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ شَىْءٌ فِي صُدْغَيْهِ  

ahmad:12994Bahz > Hammām > Qatādah

[Machine] I asked Anas ibn Malik, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dye his hair?" He replied, "He did not dye it. There was only something on his temples. However, Abu Bakr dyed his hair with henna and katam."  

أحمد:١٢٩٩٤حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ أَخَضَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ ذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ شَيْءٌ فِي صُدْغَيْهِ وَلَكِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَضَبَ بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ  

nasai-kubra:9308Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Abū Dāwud > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

That he asked Anas: "Did the Messenger of Allah [SAW] dye his hair? He said: "His gray hair didn't go far, it was only a little at his temples." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5086)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٣٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَهُ هَلْ خَضَّبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَمْ يَبْلُغْ ذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ شَيْءٌ فِي صُدْغَيْهِ»