Sahih al-Bukhari 5895
What is said about grey hair
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حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ
سُئِلَ أَنَسٌ عَنْ خِضَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ مَا يَخْضِبُ لَوْ شِئْتُ أَنْ أَعُدَّ شَمَطَاتِهِ فِي لِحْيَتِهِ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Sulaymān b. Ḥarb
- Ḥammād b. Zayd
- Thābit
Anas was asked whether the Prophet ﷺ used a a hair dye or not. He replied, "The Prophet ﷺ did not have enough grey hair to dye, (such that) if I wanted to count the fading hairs in his beard (I could have)."
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Same hadith, other wordings
- Misykatul Mashabih 5786وَعَنْ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَنَسٌ عَنْ خِضَابِ رَسُول الله صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ مَا يُخْضَبُ لَوْ شِئْتُ أَنْ أَعُدَّ شَمَطَاتِهِ فِي لِحْيَتِهِ - وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: لَوْ شِئْتُ أَنْ أَعُدَّ شَمَطَاتٍ كُنَّ