Musnad Ahmad 13757

Translation

✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ did not reach such an extent of gray hair that he needed to dye it, but Abu Bakr used to dye his head and beard until his hair became dark with henna and katam.

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Musnad Ahmad 13759أَخْبَرَنِي الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ مِثْلَهُ

Other narrations of this report

Sahih Muslim 2341bAsh-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyah 37

Narrators

1. 1
   Anas b. Mālik

   a well-known Companiond. 90 AH, or 91 AH, or 92 AH, or 93 AH
   أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍصحابي مشهور
   عن
2. 2
   Mūsá b. Anas

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. after his brother al-Naḍr
   مُوسَى بْنِ أَنَسٍثقة
   عن
3. 3
   Makḥūl b. Abī Muslim

   trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), frequently narrating with omission of the Companion (kathīr al-irsāl), well-known (mashhūr)d. 112 AH, or: 113 AH, or: 114 AH, or: 116 AH, Abū Saʿīd b. Yūnus said: it is said 118 AH
   مَكْحُولٍثقة فقيه ، كثير الإرسال ، مشهور
   عن
4. 4
   Muḥammad b. Rāshid

   Truthful (ṣadūq), makes mistakes, and accused of Qadarismd. after 160 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍصدوق يهم ورمي بالقدر
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Al-Ḥusayn b. al-Walīd

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 202 AH, also said: 203 AH
   حُسَيْنٌثقة
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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