A man touching henna after applying depilatory lime

Ibrahim said: "The predecessors used to touch henna after using lime (nurah), and they disliked that it should leave a mark on the nails."

Ata said, concerning a man applying henna and khaluq after using lime (nurah): "As for henna, there is no harm in it; as for khaluq (a yellow liquid perfume), I consider it disliked."

Abu Khalid said: Sayyiduna al-Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) owed me a debt. I came to him to ask for it and found that he had just come out of the bathhouse; there were marks of henna on his nails, and a slave girl was scraping the henna off with a glass vial.