Sunan an-Nasa'i 5114

Translation

"I heard Jabir bin Samurah being asked about the gray hairs of the Prophet [SAW]. He said: 'If he put oil on his head they could not be seen, but if he did not put oil on his head, they could be seen.'"

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Other narrations of this report

Sahih Muslim 2344aMusnad Ahmad 20807al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 1888Musnad al-Tayalisi 801al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 9366Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyah 39

Narrators

1. 1
   Jābir b. Samurah al-Suwāʾī

   Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. al-Ḥākim said: 72 AH, from Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ: 73 AH, Abū Bakr b. Manjawayh and others said: 74 AH. It is reported from Abū ʿUbayd that he said: 66 AH, and that is a mistake
   جَابِرُ بْنُ سَمُرَةَ السُّوَائِيُّصحابي
   سمعت
2. 2
   Simāk b. Ḥarb al-Bakrī

   Truthful (ṣadūq); his narrations from ʿIkrimah in particular are inconsistent (muḍṭarib); he changed (taghayyara) towards the end of his life, and at times he would accept prompting (yulaqqan).d. 123 AH
   سِمَاكٍصدوق , وروايته عن عكرمة خاصة مضطربة , وقد تغير بأخرة ، فكان ربما يلقن
   عن
3. 3
   Shuʿbah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), meticulous (mutqin)d. 160 AH
   شُعْبَةُثقة حافظ , متقن
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Abū Dāwūd

   trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), who erred in some hadithsd. 203 AH, or 204 AH
   أَبُو دَاوُدَثقة حافظ , غلط في أحاديث
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Muḥammad b. al-Muthannā

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 252 AH, also said: 250 AH, also said: 251 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّىثقة ثبت
   أخبرنا
6. 6
   al-Nasāʾī

   the preserver (al-Ḥāfiẓ)d. 302 AH, or 303 AH
   النَّسَائِيُّالحافظ

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