Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2384b
"عن مجاهد: أَنَّ عُمرَ بْنَ الْخطابِ كان لا يُغَيِّرُ شَيْبَةً، فقيل له: لم لا تُغَيِّرُ (وَقَدْ كَانَ أبُو بَكْرٍ يُغَيرُ) فقال: إِنِّى سمعت رسولَ اللَّه ﷺ يقول: مَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِى الإِسْلَامِ كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَمَا أنَا بِمُغيِّرِ شَيْبَتِى".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Mjāhd
- ʿUmr b. al-Khṭāb
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Narrated from Mujahid: Umar ibn al-Khattab did not dye his gray hair. He was asked: 'Why do you not dye it, when Abu Bakr used to dye?' He said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Whoever grows gray hair in Islam, it will be a light for him on the Day of Resurrection." I will not change my gray hair.'"
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Notes
ابن راهويه، [حب] ابن حبّان
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