´It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:` “Whoever applies kohl, let him do it an odd number of times. Whoever does that has done well, and whoever does not, it does not matter.”
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
This narration is weak. The matters within it that are established by other ahadith are actionable. It is not necessary to act upon the other matters.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 35
Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim bin Basheer
Benefit:
From this hadith, it is understood that we should perform every action mentioned in the hadith an odd number of times.
Source: Musnad al-Humaydi: Commentary by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Bashir, Page: 986