حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الْعَتَکِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِکٍ عَنْ خِضَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لَوْ شِئْتُ أَنْ أَعُدَّ شَمَطَاتٍ کُنَّ فِي رَأْسِهِ فَعَلْتُ وَقَالَ لَمْ يَخْتَضِبْ وَقَدْ اخْتَضَبَ أَبُو بَکْرٍ بِالْحِنَّائِ وَالْکَتَمِ وَاخْتَضَبَ عُمَرُ بِالْحِنَّائِ بَحْتًا
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 6076
Thabit reported that Anas b. Malik was asked about the dyeing (of the hair of) Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). Thereupon he said.: (They were so few) that if I so liked I could count their number in his head, and he further said: (That is) he did not dye. Abu Bakr, however, dyed them and so did 'Umar dye them with pure henna.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
