Sunan an-Nasa'i 5077
Dyeing Hair with Henna and Katam
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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِهِ أَبِي عَنْ غَيْلاَنَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ
أَفْضَلُ مَا غَيَّرْتُمْ بِهِ الشَّمَطَ الْحِنَّاءُ وَالْكَتَمُ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Muslim
- Yaḥyá b. Yaʿlá
- Bih Abū
- Ghaylān
- Abū Isḥāq
- Ibn Abū Laylá
- Abū Dhar
- al-Nabī ﷺ
The Prophet [SAW] said: "The best things with which you can change gray hair are Henna and Katam."
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Abu Ghuddah | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
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- al-Albani
[فيه] عمرو بن عبد الله السبيعي وهو ثقة لكنه مدلس، وكان قد اختلط، فهو لا بأس به في الشواهد
in صحيح سنن النسائي, p. 5092
Other narrations of this report
Musnad Ahmad 13329Musnad Ahmad 13372Musnad Ahmad 13780al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 14943al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 19585
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 31 AH, or: 32 AHأَبُو ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيُّالصحابيعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 82 AH, or 83 AH, also said: 71 AH, which is a mistakeابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَىثقةعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir), devout (ʿābid); his memory became confused (ikhtalaṭa) at the end of his lifed. Ibn ʿUyaynah said 126 AH, Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd said 127 AH, Abū Nuʿaym said 128 AH, ʿAmr b. ʿAlī said 129 AH, Ibn Maʿīn said 132 AHأَبِي إِسْحَاقَثقة مكثر عابد , اختلط بآخرهعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 132 AHغَيْلَانَثقةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 168 AH.أَبِيثقة .حدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 216 AH, also said: before 230 AHيَحْيَى بْنُ يَعْلَىثقةحدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. Ibn al-Munādī said: 265 AH. And Ibn Makhlad said, and Ibn Qāniʿ: 270 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍثقة حافظأخبرنا
- the preserver (al-Ḥāfiẓ)d. 302 AH, or 303 AHالنَّسَائِيُّالحافظ
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Commentaries
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