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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Virtues

Sahih Muslim 2344a

Chapter: His Grey Hairs

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 2344a

Narrator:Jābir ibn Samurah

وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ، بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ، سُئِلَ عَنْ شَيْبِ النَّبِيِّ، صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ كَانَ

إِذَا دَهَنَ رَأْسَهُ لَمْ يُرَ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ وَإِذَا لَمْ يَدْهُنْ رُئِيَ مِنْهُ ‏.‏

Jabir b. Samura was asked about the old age of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ). He said:

When he oiled his head nothing was seen (as a mark of old age) and when he did not apply oil something (of the old age) became visible.

Reported by Muslim (No. 2344a) and An-Nasa’i (No. 5114).

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  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (9046)عَنْ شَيْبِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ : كَانَ إِذَا دَّهَنَرَأْسَهُ ، لَمْ يُرَ مِنْهُ ، وَإِذَا لَمْ يَدَّهِنْ ، رُئِيَ مِنْهُ
  • الشمائل المحمدية للترمذي (38)إِذَا دَهَنَ رَأْسَهُ لَمْ يُرَ مِنْهُ شَيْبٌ ، وَإِذَا لَمْ يَدْهِنْ رُئِيَ مِنْهُ

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Authentic Sunan Ibn Majah 3629

“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.’”

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

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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.

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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…

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