Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik
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 صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَكَانَ مَخْضُوبًا بِالْوَسِمَةِ. رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ التِّرْمِذِيِّ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابْنِ زِيَادٍ فَجِيءَ بِرَأْسِ الْحُسَيْنِ فَجَعَلَ يَضْرِبُ بِقَضِيبٍ فِي أَنْفِهِ وَيَقُولُ: مَا رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَ هَذَا حسنا. فَقلت: أما إِنَّهُ كَانَ أَشْبَهَهُمْ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. وَقَالَ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيب
Anas said:
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 sent to Kufa to deal with Hussain's movement which ended with his death at Karbala. Bukhari transmitted it. In Tirmidhi's version he said: I was with Ibn Ziyad when al-Husain's head was brought in, and he began to tap on his nose with a wand and say, "I have never seen anyone as good looking as this man." I said, "I assure you that he was one of those who resembled God's messenger most closely." Tirmidhi said this is a sahih hasan gharib tradition.
Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 3748) and Ahmad (No. 13251). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 6179).