رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1637
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- 127
Chapter 41
Chapter context: Forbidding to Dye Hair Black
- باب نهي الرجل والمرأة عن خضاب شعرهما بسواد
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Original Arabic
عن جابر رضي الله عنه قال: أتي بأبي قحافة والد أبي بكر الصديق رضي الله عنهما يوم فتح مكة ورأسه ولحيته كالثغامة بياضًا، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم :
غيروا هذا واجتنبوا السواد
((رواه مسلم)).
Translation
English translation
Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) said:
Abu Quhafah, father of Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with them) was presented to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the day of the conquest of Makkah and his head and beard were snow white. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Change it (i.e., dye it and avoid black colour)." [Muslim].
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This is Hadith 1637 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 18, The Book of the Prohibited actions, as in-book entry 127 under the chapter “Forbidding to Dye Hair Black.”
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