Toggle above to switch between keyword search and direct hadith lookup
المعجم الأوسط
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (Tabarani)
باب الألف
Names Beginning with the Letter Alif
مَنِ اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ
Those Named Ahmad
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 877 — : When the Prophet ﷺ applied kohl, he would
وَبِهِ : أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : كَانَ إِذَا اكْتَحَلَ يَجْعَلُ فِي الْيُمْنَى ثَلَاثَةَ مَرَاوِدَ وَفِي الْأُخْرَى مِرْوَدَيْنِ ، يَجْعَلُ ذَلِكَ وِتْرًا .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that: "When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) applied kohl, he would apply three strokes of the applicator in the right eye and two strokes in the other (left) eye; in this way he (peace and blessings be upon him) kept (the total) an odd number."
