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tabarani:8324Isḥāq al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] Abu Quhafah was brought to the Prophet ﷺ on the day of the conquest with white hair that looked like a white crow. He said, "Change it and stay away from black."  

الطبراني:٨٣٢٤حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ الدَّبَرِيُّ أَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

أُتِيَ بِأَبِي قُحَافَةَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ ثَغَامَةٌ بَيْضَاءُ فَقَالَ «غَيِّرُوهُ وَجَنِّبُوهُ السَّوَادَ»  


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muslim:2102bAbū al-Ṭāhir > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Change it with something but avoid black.  

مسلم:٢١٠٢bوَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

أُتِيَ بِأَبِي قُحَافَةَ يَوْمَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ وَرَأْسُهُ وَلِحْيَتُهُ كَالثَّغَامَةِ بَيَاضًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَيِّرُوا هَذَا بِشَىْءٍ وَاجْتَنِبُوا السَّوَادَ  

nasai:5076Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Ibn Wahb > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

"Abu Quhafah was brought on the Day of the Conquest of Makkah, and his hair and beard were white like the Thaghamah. The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'Change this with something, but avoid black.'"  

النسائي:٥٠٧٦أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

أُتِيَ بِأَبِي قُحَافَةَ يَوْمَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ وَرَأْسُهُ وَلِحْيَتُهُ كَالثَّغَامَةِ بَيَاضًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَيِّرُوا هَذَا بِشَىْءٍ وَاجْتَنِبُوا السَّوَادَ  

nasai:5242Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid / Ibn al-Ḥārith > ʿAzrah Wahū Ibn Thābit > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

"Abu Quhafah was brought to the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and his head and beard were white like the Thaghamah. The Prophet [SAW] said: 'Change this, or dye it.'"  

النسائي:٥٢٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَزْرَةُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِأَبِي قُحَافَةَ وَرَأْسُهُ وَلِحْيَتُهُ كَأَنَّهُ ثَغَامَةٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ غَيِّرُوا أَوِ اخْضِبُوا  

abudawud:4204Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. al-Sarḥ And ʾAḥmad b. Saʿīd al-Hamdānī > Ibn Wahb > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Abu Quhafah was brought on the day of the conquest of Mecca with head and beard while like hyssop. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Change this something, but avoid black.  

أبو داود:٤٢٠٤حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

أُتِيَ بِأَبِي قُحَافَةَ يَوْمَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ وَرَأْسُهُ وَلِحْيَتُهُ كَالثَّغَامَةِ بَيَاضًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَيِّرُوا هَذَا بِشَىْءٍ وَاجْتَنِبُوا السَّوَادَ  

ibnmajah:3624Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

“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.’”  

ابن ماجة:٣٦٢٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

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

ahmad:14402Ismāʿīl > Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

“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.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3624)  

أحمد:١٤٤٠٢حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

جِيءَ بِأَبِي قُحَافَةَ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَكَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ ثَغَامَةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اذْهَبُوا بِهِ إِلَى بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ فَلْيُغَيِّرْهُ بِشَيْءٍ وَجَنِّبُوهُ السَّوَادَ  

ahmad:14455ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] "Abu Quhafa came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of the Fath (Conquest of Mecca), his head appearing like a white thrush. He said, "Change it and keep away the black color from it."  

أحمد:١٤٤٥٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

أُتِيَ بِأَبِي قُحَافَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ ثَغَامَةٌ بَيْضَاءُ فَقَالَ غَيِّرُوهُ وَجَنِّبُوهُ السَّوَادَ  

tabarani:8326Yaḥyá b. Muʿādh al-Tustarī > Yaḥyá b. Ghaylān > ʿAbdullāh b. Bazīʿ > Rawḥ b. al-Qāsim > Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

Abu Quhafah was brought on the day of the conquest of Mecca with head and beard while like hyssop. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Change this something, but avoid black. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4204)   

الطبراني:٨٣٢٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُعَاذٍ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ غَيْلَانَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَزِيعٍ عَنْ رَوْحِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ السَّخْتِيَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَوْمَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ بِأَبِي قُحَافَةَ وَلِحْيَتُهُ وَرَأْسُهُ كَأَنَّهُ ثَغَامَةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «غَيِّرُوهُ بِشَيْءٍ وَجَنِّبُوهُ السَّوَادَ»