Sahih Muslim 2341b

Translation

I asked Anas b. Malik whether Messenger of Allah ﷺ dyed his hair. He said: He had not reached the stage when (he needed) dyeing (of his white hair). He had a few white hair in his beard. I said to him: Did Abu Bakr dye his hair? He said: Yes, with hina' (henna).

Notes

• قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَخْضِبُ قَالَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ

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Other narrations of this report

Musnad Ahmad 12054Musnad Ahmad 12635Musnad Ahmad 12828al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 8143Musnad Abi Ya'la 2829Ash-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
   سألت
2. 2
   Muḥammad b. Sīrīn

   Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid), of great standing; he did not permit narration by meaning.d. 110 AH
   ابْنِ سِيرِينَثقة ثبت عابد كبير القدر ، كان لا يرى الرواية بالمعنى
   عن
3. 3
   ʿĀṣim b. Sulaymān al-Aḥwal

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 141 AH, or: 142 AH, or: 143 AH
   عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِثقة
   عن
4. 4
   Ismāʿīl b. Zakariyyā

   truthful (ṣadūq), makes few mistakesd. 173 AH, or 174 AH
   إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّاءَصدوق ، يخطئ قليلا
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Muḥammad b. Bakkār

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 238 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكَّارِ بْنِ الرَّيَّانِثقة
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Muslim

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam, an author of compilations, knowledgeable in jurisprudence (fiqh)d. Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb said: 261 AH, Makkī b. ʿAbdān said: 259 AH
   مُسْلِمٌثقة حافظ ، إمام ، مصنف ، عالم بالفقه

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Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.