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tabarani:20410 – ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Miqlāṣ from my father > Ibn Wahb > Makhramah b. Bukayr from his father > al-Mughīrah b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk al-Khuzāmī > Um Ḥakīm b. Usayd from her mother > Mawlāh Lahā Arsalathā > Um Salamah > Um Salamah

[Machine] About a woman who sent her servant to Umm Salamah, and the servant said, "I heard Umm Salamah say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me while I was in my waiting period after the death of Abu Salamah: 'Do not use perfumes or henna, as they are a kind of dye.' I said, 'Then what can I use for grooming, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'Use sidr (a type of plant) to cover your head with it.'"

الطبراني:٢٠٤١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ مِقْلَاصٍ ثنا أَبِي أَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَخْرَمَةُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ الْخُزَامِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَتْنِي أُمُّ حَكِيمٍ بِنْتُ أُسَيْدٍ عَنْ أُمِّهَا

عَنْ مَوْلَاةٍ لَهَا أَرْسَلَتْهَا إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَقَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ تَقُولُ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا فِي عِدَّتِي مِنْ وَفَاةِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ «لَا تَمْتَشِطِي بِالطِّيبِ وَلَا بِالْحِنَّاءِ فَإِنَّهُ خِضَابٌ» قُلْتُ فَبِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ أَمْتَشِطُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «بِالسِّدْرِ تُغَلِّفِي بِهِ رَأْسَكِ»

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nasai:3537 – Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. al-Sarḥ > Ibn Wahb > Makhramah from his father > al-Mughīrah b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk > Um Ḥakīm b. Asīd from her mother

"Do not use kohl unless it cannot be avoided. The Messenger of Allah entered upon me when Abu Salamah died and I had put some aloe juice on my eyes. He said: 'What is this, O Umm Salamah?' I said: 'It is aloe juice, O Messenger of Allah, there is no perfume in it.' He said: 'It makes the face look bright, so only use it at night, and do not comb your hair with perfume or henna, for it is a dye.' I said: 'With what can I comb it, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'With lote leaves -cover your head with them.'"

النسائي:٣٥٣٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَخْرَمَةُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ الضَّحَّاكِ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمُّ حَكِيمٍ بِنْتُ أَسِيدٍ عَنْ أُمِّهَا

أَنَّ زَوْجَهَا تُوُفِّيَ وَكَانَتْ تَشْتَكِي عَيْنَهَا فَتَكْتَحِلُ الْجِلاَءَ فَأَرْسَلَتْ مَوْلاَةً لَهَا إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَسَأَلَتْهَا عَنْ كُحْلِ الْجِلاَءِ فَقَالَتْ لاَ تَكْتَحِلُ إِلاَّ مِنْ أَمْرٍ لاَ بُدَّ مِنْهُ دَخَلَ عَلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ وَقَدْ جَعَلْتُ عَلَى عَيْنِي صَبِرًا فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا يَا أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُ إِنَّمَا هُوَ صَبِرٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَيْسَ فِيهِ طِيبٌ قَالَ إِنَّهُ يَشُبُّ الْوَجْهَ فَلاَ تَجْعَلِيهِ إِلاَّ بِاللَّيْلِ وَلاَ تَمْتَشِطِي بِالطِّيبِ وَلاَ بِالْحِنَّاءِ فَإِنَّهُ خِضَابٌ قُلْتُ بِأَىِّ شَىْءٍ أَمْتَشِطُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ بِالسِّدْرِ تُغَلِّفِينَ بِهِ رَأْسَكِ