Hadith 3498

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُمَرَ , حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ , عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ , عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ , عَنْ أَبِي سَعْدِ الْخَيْرِ , عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ , أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , قَالَ : " مَنِ اكْتَحَلَ فَلْيُوتِرْ , مَنْ فَعَلَ فَقَدْ أَحْسَنَ , وَمَنْ لَا فَلَا حَرَجَ " .
´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.”
Hadith Reference سنن ابن ماجه / كتاب الطب / 3498
Hadith Grading الألبانی: ضعيف  |  زبیر علی زئی: ضعيف, ضعيف, انظر الحديث السابق (337), انوار الصحيفه، صفحه نمبر 503
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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