Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Aqil (may Allah have mercy on him) relates that Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Madinah, and Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) sent me to him and said: "Ask him about the hadith that al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf narrated concerning the people who rebelled in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), whereupon he (peace and blessings be upon him) gouged out the eyes of two, cut off the hands and feet of two, and crucified two." Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Those people had professed Islam and settled in Madinah; then they turned away from Islam and apostatised, and joined the people of idolatry; they also raided the grazing livestock of Madinah and drove them off. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed about them, he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent (men) in pursuit of them, and that group was caught." The narrator says: Then Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) sent a message to him and said: "I wish you had not narrated this hadith to al-Hajjaj, for those people had turned away from Islam, joined the idolaters and plundered the livestock of Madinah, whereas al-Hajjaj considers this punishment lawful even for those who intend neither to leave Islam nor to join the idolaters."
Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) further said: "And also ask him whether the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) dyed his hair, for here we see some of his (peace and blessings be upon him) hairs that look as if they have been coloured." Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was blessed with black hair. If I were to count the white hairs in the front of his (peace and blessings be upon him) head and beard, they would not reach even fifteen. I do not consider these hairs that you see to be dyed, except for the effect of the perfume that used to be applied to the hair of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abdullah bin Muhammad except Ja'far bin Burqan, and Muhammad bin Hamzah al-Raqqi is alone in narrating it."