حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَی رَجُلٍ قَدْ خَضَبَ بِالْحِنَّائِ فَقَالَ مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذَا ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِآخَرَ قَدْ خَضَبَ بِالْحِنَّائِ وَالْکَتَمِ فَقَالَ هَذَا أَحْسَنُ مِنْ هَذَا ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِآخَرَ قَدْ خَضَبَ بِالصُّفْرَةِ فَقَالَ هَذَا أَحْسَنُ مِنْ هَذَا کُلِّهِ قَالَ وَکَانَ طَاوُسٌ يُصَفِّرُ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 3627
It was narrated that Ibn Abbas said: "The Prophet passed by a man who had dyed his hair with henna and said: 'How handsome this is!' Then he passed by another who had dyed his hair with henna and Katam, and said: 'This one is more handsome that that one: Then he passed by another who had dyed his hair yellow and said: 'This one is more handsome than all of them:" (Da'if) He (one of the narrators) said: Tawus used to dye his hair yellow.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020