Umm Hakim bint Asid narrated from her mother that her husband died and she had a problem in her eye, so she applied kohl to clear her eyes. She sent a freed slave woman of hers to Umm Salamah to ask her about using kohl to clear her eyes. She said:
"Do not use kohl unless it cannot be avoided. The Messenger of Allah entered upon me when Abu Salamah died and I had put some aloe juice on my eyes. He said: 'What is this, O Umm Salamah?' I said: 'It is aloe juice, O Messenger of Allah, there is no perfume in it.' He said: 'It makes the face look bright, so only use it at night, and do not comb your hair with perfume or henna, for it is a dye.' I said: 'With what can I comb it, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'With lote leaves -cover your head with them.'"
Reported by An-Nasa’i (No. 3537) and Abu Dawud (No. 2305).
وَعَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: { جَعَلْتُ عَلَى عَيْنِي صَبْرًا, بَعْدَ أَنْ تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ, فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -"إِنَّهُ يَشِبُ اَلْوَجْهَ, فَلَا…
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التمهيد لابن عبد البر (4744)دخل علي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم حين توفي أبو سلمة ، وقد جعلت على عيني صبرا ، فقال : ما هذا يا أم سلمة ؟ قالت : قلت : إنما هو صبر يا رسول الله ليس فيه طيب ، قال : إنه يشب الوجه ، فلا تجعليه إلا بالليل وتنزعيه بالنهار ، ولا تمتشطي بالطيب ولا بالحناء فإنه خضاب ، قالت : قلت : فبأي شيء أمتشط يا رسول
