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عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَامِرِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ تَيْمِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ لُؤَيِّ بْنِ غَالِبِ بْنِ فِهْرِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَبُو قُحَافَةَ «أَسْلَمَ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ، وَتُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ بَعْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بِسَنَةٍ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَبْعٍ وَتِسْعِينَ سَنَةً، وَوَرِثَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ هُوَ وَأُمُّهُ سَلْمَى بِنْتُ صَخْرِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ تَيْمِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ»

tabarani:8328 – Khalaf b. ʿAmr al-ʿUkbarī > al-Ḥasan b. al-Rabīʿ al-Būrānī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbd al-Ṣamad al-ʿAmmī > Maṭar b. Ṭahmān al-Warrāq Yukná Biʾabī Rajāʾ > Abū Rajāʾ al-ʿUṭāridī > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] Abi Quhafa was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his head and beard were disheveled like a bird's nest. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Take him to one of his wives, they will groom him." So they took him and they dyed it red.

الطبراني:٨٣٢٨ – حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْعُكْبَرِيُّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ الْبُورَانِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ الْعَمِّيِّ عَنْ مَطَرِ بْنِ طَهْمَانَ الْوَرَّاقِ يُكْنَى بِأَبِي رَجَاءٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ الْعُطَارِدِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

جِيءَ بِأَبِي قُحَافَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَأْسُهُ وَلِحْيَتُهُ كَأَنَّهَا ثَغَامَةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اذْهَبُوا بِهِ إِلَى بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ يُغَيِّرْنَهُ» قَالَ فَذَهَبُوا بِهِ فَحَمَّرُوهَا

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ibnmajah:3624 – Abū 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:٣٦٢٤ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:14402 – Ismāʿīl > 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:١٤٤٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا 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

tabarani:8325 – al-Ḥasan b. ʿAllūwayh al-Qaṭṭān > Ismāʿīl b. ʿĪsá al-ʿAṭṭār > Dāwud b. al-Zibriqān > Maṭar al-Warrāq And Layth b. Abū Sulaym > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī

[Machine] "Bring Abu Quhafa to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as if his head and beard were filled with white cotton. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Take him to some of his wives to dye his hair and beard black.'"

الطبراني:٨٣٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلُّوَيْهِ الْقَطَّانُ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عِيسَى الْعَطَّارُ ثنا دَاوُدُ بْنُ الزِّبْرِقَانِ عَنْ مَطَرٍ الْوَرَّاقِ وَلَيْثِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ حَدَّثَهُمْ قَالَ

جِيءَ بِأَبِي قُحَافَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ وَلِحْيَتَهُ ثَغَامَةٌ مِثْلَ هَذَا الْقُطْنِ الْأَبْيَضِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اذْهَبُوا بِهِ إِلَى بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ يُغَيِّرُوهُ وَجَنِّبُوهُ السَّوَادَ»