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Sahih al-BukhariCompanions of the Prophet

Sahih al-Bukhari 3748

Chapter: The merits of Al-Hasan and Al-Husain رضي الله عنهما

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 3748

Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik

حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أُتِيَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ بِرَأْسِ الْحُسَيْنِ ـ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ـ فَجُعِلَ فِي طَسْتٍ، فَجَعَلَ يَنْكُتُ، وَقَالَ فِي حُسْنِهِ شَيْئًا‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَنَسٌ

كَانَ أَشْبَهَهُمْ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وَكَانَ مَخْضُوبًا بِالْوَسْمَةِ‏.‏

Narrated Muhammad:

Anas bin Malik said, "The head of Al-Husain was brought to 'Ubaidullah bin Ziyad and was put in a tray, and then Ibn Ziyad started playing with a stick at the nose and mouth of Al-Husain's head and saying something about his handsome features." Anas then said (to him), "Al-Husain resembled the Prophet more than the others did." Anas added, "His (i.e. Al-Husain's) hair was dyed with Wasma (i.e. a kind of plant used as a dye).

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 3748) and Ahmad (No. 13251).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّد بْن الْحُسَيْن بْن إِبْرَاهِيم ) هُوَ اِبْن أَشْكَاب أَخُو عَلِيٍّ. قَوْله : ( حَدَّثَنَا جَرِير ) هُوَ اِبْن أَبِي حَازِم ( عَنْ مُحَمَّد ) هُوَ اِبْن سِيرِينَ. قَوْله : ( أُتِيَ عُبَيْد اللَّه بْن زِيَاد ) هُوَ بِالتَّصْغِيرِ , وَزِيَاد هُوَ الَّذِي يُقَال لَهُ اِبْن أَبِي سُفْيَان وَكَانَ أَمِير الْكُوفَة عَنْ يَزِيد بْن مُعَاوِيَة وَقُتِلَ الْحُسَيْن فِي إِمَارَته كَمَا تَقَدَّمَ فَأُتِيَ بِرَأْسِهِ. قَوْله : ( فَجَعَلَ يَنْكُت ) فِي رِوَايَة التِّرْمِذِيّ وَابْن حِبَّان مِنْ طَرِيق حَفْصَة بِنْت سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَنَس : فَجَعَلَ يَقُول بِقَضِيبٍ لَهُ فِي أَنْفه , وَلِلطَّبَرَانِيِّ مِنْ حَدِيث زَيْد بْن أَرْقَم : فَجَعَلَ قَضِيبًا فِي يَده فِي عَيْنه وَأَنْفه…

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Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 6179

When `Ubaidallah b. Ziyad[*]was brought al-Husain's bead and it was put in a dish, he began to tap [it] and said something about his beauty, so I said, "I swear by God that he was the one of then who most closely resembled God's messenger." He was dyed with indigo. *The governor of Basra who was…

وَعَن أنس قَالَ: أَتَى عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ بِرَأْسِ الْحُسَيْنِ فَجُعِلَ فِي طَسْتٍ فَجَعَلَ يَنْكُتُ وَقَالَ فِي حُسْنِهِ شَيْئًا قَالَ أَنَسٌ: فَقُلْتُ: وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ أَشْبَهَهُمْ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ…

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik

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Authentic Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3778

"I was with Ibn Ziyad and the head of Al-Husain was brought. He began to poke it in the nose with a stick that he had, saying: 'I do not see the like of this as beautiful, why is he mentioned as such?'" He said: "I said: 'Behold, he was of the closest of them in resemblance to the Messenger of…

مَا رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَ هَذَا حُسْنًا لَمْ يُذْكَرْ ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَمَا إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنْ أَشْبَهِهِمْ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik

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