أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَخْرَمَةُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ الضَّحَّاکِ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمُّ حَکِيمٍ بِنْتُ أَسِيدٍ عَنْ أُمِّهَا أَنَّ زَوْجَهَا تُوُفِّيَ وَکَانَتْ تَشْتَکِي عَيْنَهَا فَتَکْتَحِلُ الْجَلَائَ فَأَرْسَلَتْ مَوْلَاةً لَهَا إِلَی أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَسَأَلَتْهَا عَنْ کُحْلِ الْجَلَائِ فَقَالَتْ لَا تَکْتَحِلُ إِلَّا مِنْ أَمْرٍ لَا بُدَّ مِنْهُ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ وَقَدْ جَعَلْتُ عَلَی عَيْنِي صَبْرًا فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا يَا أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُ إِنَّمَا هُوَ صَبْرٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَيْسَ فِيهِ طِيبٌ قَالَ إِنَّهُ يَشُبُّ الْوَجْهَ فَلَا تَجْعَلِيهِ إِلَّا بِاللَّيْلِ وَلَا تَمْتَشِطِي بِالطِّيبِ وَلَا بِالْحِنَّائِ فَإِنَّهُ خِضَابٌ قُلْتُ بِأَيِّ شَيْئٍ أَمْتَشِطُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ بِالسِّدْرِ تُغَلِّفِينَ بِهِ رَأْسَکِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3572
Umm Hakim bint Asid narrated from her mother that her husband died and she had a problem in her eye, so she applied kohl to clear her eyes. She sent a freed slave woman of hers to Umm Salamah to ask her about using kohl to clear her eyes. She said: “Do not use kohl unless it cannot be avoided. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم entered upon me when Abi Salamah died and I had put some aloe juice on my eyes. He said: ‘What is this, Umm Salamah?’ I said: ‘It is aloe juice, Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, there is no perfume in it.’ He said: ‘It makes the face look bright, so only use it at night, and do not comb your hair with perfume or henna, for it is a ,dye.’ I said: ‘With what can I comb it, Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم?’ He said: ‘With lote leaves — cover your head with them.” (Da’if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020