Sunan Ibn Majah 3629

Chapter: One who does not dye his hair

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 3629

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، وَابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ سُئِلَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ أَخَضَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ

إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَرَ مِنَ الشَّيْبِ إِلاَّ نَحْوَ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ أَوْ عِشْرِينَ شَعَرَةً فِي مُقَدَّمِ لِحْيَتِهِ ‏.‏

It was narrated that Humaid said:

“Anas bin Malik was asked: ‘Did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) dye his hair?’ He said: ‘He did not have any white hair apart from approximately seventeen or twenty hairs at the front of his beard.’”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 3629), Muslim (No. 2341c) and Ahmad (No. 11612).

Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( فِي مُقَدَّم ) لِحْيَته فِي الزَّوَائِد هَذَا الْإِسْنَاد صَحِيح رِجَاله ثِقَات.…

Scholar	Grade	Applies to	Work
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 3629
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 3629
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 3629
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 3629

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 2341c

I asked Anas b. Malik whether Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) dyed his hair. He said: He had but little white hair.

لَمْ يَرَ مِنَ الشَّيْبِ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً ‏.‏

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik

Not graded Musnad Ahmad 11612

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَنَسٌ هَلْ خَضَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَرَ مِنْ الشَّيْبِ إِلَّا نَحْوًا مِنْ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ أَوْ عِشْرِينَ…

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik Arabic only

Also reported by… (3)

السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (13710)أَخَضَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ؟ فَقَالَ : إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَرَ مِنَ الشَّيْبِ إِلا قَلِيلا
تاريخ الطبري (888)لَمْ يُرَ مِنَ الشَّيْبِ إِلا نَحْوٌ مِنْ تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ أَوْ عِشْرِينَ شَعْرَةً بَيْضَاءَ فِي مُقَدِّمِ لِحْيَتِهِ
دلائل النبوة للبيهقي (184)لَمْ يَرَ مِنَ الشَّيْبِ إِلا قَلِيلا

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Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 3546

That he asked `Abdullah bin Busr (i.e. the companion of the Prophet), "Did you see the Prophet (ﷺ) when he was old?" He said, "He had a few white hairs between the lower lip and the chin."

كَانَ فِي عَنْفَقَتِهِ شَعَرَاتٌ بِيضٌ‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Busr + 2 other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 2344b

His face was as (bright) as the sword. Thereupon he (Jabir) said: No, it was round and like the sun and the moon. And I saw the seal near his shoulder of the size of a pigeon's egg and its color was the same as that of his body.

شَمِطَ مُقَدَّمُ رَأْسِهِ وَلِحْيَتِهِ وَكَانَ إِذَا ادَّهَنَ لَمْ يَتَبَيَّنْ وَإِذَا شَعِثَ رَأْسُهُ تَبَيَّنَ وَكَانَ كَثِيرَ شَعْرِ اللِّحْيَةِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ وَجْهُهُ مِثْلُ السَّيْفِ قَالَ لاَ بَلْ كَانَ مِثْلَ…

Narrated by Jābir ibn Samurah + 2 other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 5897

I went to Um Salama and she brought out for us some of the dyed hair of the Prophet.

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَأَخْرَجَتْ إِلَيْنَا شَعَرًا مِنْ شَعَرِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَخْضُوبًا

Narrated by Umm Salamah + 1 other version

Authentic Sahih Muslim 2341e

Anas b. Malik did not like that a person should pick out his white hair from his head or beard, and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did not dye, and there was some whiteness in his hair at his chin, on his temples and very little on his head.

يُكْرَهُ أَنْ يَنْتِفَ الرَّجُلُ، الشَّعْرَةَ الْبَيْضَاءَ مِنْ رَأْسِهِ وَلِحْيَتِهِ - قَالَ - وَلَمْ يَخْتَضِبْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِنَّمَا كَانَ الْبَيَاضُ فِي عَنْفَقَتِهِ وَفِي الصُّدْغَيْنِ وَفِي…

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik + 1 other version

Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 5114

"I heard Jabir bin Samurah being asked about the gray hairs of the Prophet [SAW]. He said: 'If he put oil on his head they could not be seen, but if he did not put oil on his head, they could be seen.'"

كَانَ إِذَا ادُّهِنَ رَأْسُهُ لَمْ يُرَ مِنْهُ وَإِذَا لَمْ يُدَّهَنْ رُئِيَ مِنْهُ ‏.‏

Narrated by Jābir ibn Samurah + 1 other version

Authentic Sahih Muslim 2343a

I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that he had white complexion and had some white hair, and Hasan b. 'Ali resembled him.

أَبْيَضَ قَدْ شَابَ

Narrated by Abu Juhayfah + 1 other version

Sunan Ibn Majah 3629

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I asked Anas b. Malik whether Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) dyed his hair. He said: He had but little white hair.

On the same subject

That he asked `Abdullah bin Busr (i.e. the companion of the Prophet), "Did you see the Prophet (ﷺ) when he was old?" He said, "He had a few white hairs between the lower lip and the chin."

His face was as (bright) as the sword. Thereupon he (Jabir) said: No, it was round and like the sun and the moon. And I saw the seal near his shoulder of the size of a pigeon's egg and its color was the same as that of his body.

I went to Um Salama and she brought out for us some of the dyed hair of the Prophet.

Anas b. Malik did not like that a person should pick out his white hair from his head or beard, and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did not dye, and there was some whiteness in his hair at his chin, on his temples and very little on his head.

"I heard Jabir bin Samurah being asked about the gray hairs of the Prophet [SAW]. He said: 'If he put oil on his head they could not be seen, but if he did not put oil on his head, they could be seen.'"

I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that he had white complexion and had some white hair, and Hasan b. 'Ali resembled him.

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