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AHADEETH CONCERNING GREY HAIRS

(1) From `Amr ibn Shu`ayb: from his father: from his grandfather who said: Allaahs
Messenger said:
<< Do not pluck out grey-hairs. There is no Muslim who grows a grey hair in Islaam
except that it will be light for him on the Day of Resurrection. >>
Saheeh: Saheehul-Jaami` (7463); Aboo Daawood (11/256/4184), an-Nasaa.ee (8/136)
(2) From Aboo Dharr-radiyallaahu `anhu who said: Allaahs Messenger said:
<<The best of that which you use to dye grey hairs is Henna and al-Katam. >>
Saheeh: Saheehul-Jaami` (1546); Aboo Daawood (11/259/4187), at-Tirmidhee (3/145/1806),
Ibn Maajah (2/1196/3622)-and the wording is his, an-Nasaa.ee (8/139)
(3) And from Aboo Hurairah-radiyallaahu `anhu-who said: Allaahs Messenger said:
<<The Jews and the Christians do not dye their hair, so act contrary to them. >>
Agreed upon: al-Bukhaaree (10/354/5899), Muslim (3/1663/2103), Aboo Daawood
(11/257/4185), an-Nasaa.ee (8/138).
(4) From Jaabir-radiyallaahu `anhu-who said: Aboo Quhaafah was brought on the day of the
conquest of Makkah, and his head and his beard were white like the thughaamah bush, so
Allaahs Messenger said:
<< Dye this with something, and avoid black. >>
Saheeh:Saheehul-Jaami` (4170); Muslim (3/1663/69-2102), Aboo Daawood (11/258/4186),
an- Nasaa.ee (8/138), Ibn Maajah (2/1197/3624)-with its like
(5) And from Ibn `Abbaas-radiyallaahu `anhumaa-who said: Allaahs Messenger said:
<< There will come a people at the end of time who dye their hair with black, like the
crops of pigeons; they shall not smell the fragrance of Paradise. >>
Saheeh: Saheehul-Jaami` (8153); Aboo Daawood (11/266/4194), an-Nasaa.ee (8/138).
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[Translated by Aboo Talhah Daawood ibn Ronald Burbank]