Those who permitted dyeing with black

It is narrated from Qays, the freedman of Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I went in to Sayyiduna al-Hasan and Sayyiduna al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them both), and both of them were dyeing with black.

It is narrated from Amr bin Uthman; he said: I saw Musa bin Talhah dyeing with wasmah (a plant used for a pure black color).

It is narrated from Ubaydullah bin Abd al-Rahman; he said: I saw Nafi' bin Jubayr dyeing with black.

Yunus narrates concerning al-Hasan that he saw no harm in dyeing with black.

It is narrated from Ibn Awn; he said: People used to ask Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) about dyeing with black, and he would say: To my knowledge there is no harm in it.

Sa'd bin Ibrahim narrates concerning Abu Salamah that he used to dye with black.

It is narrated from Ibrahim; he said: There is no harm in applying wasmah. It is only a herb.

It is narrated from Abd al-A'la; he said: I asked Ibn al-Hanafiyyah about dyeing with wasmah, and he replied: This is the dye of us, the People of the House.

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Ishaq; he said: Abu Ja'far used to dye with (a mixture of) two-thirds henna and one-third wasmah.

Abu Ushanah al-Ma'afiri reports; he said: I saw Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) having applied black dye, and he used to say: We blacken the top of it, but its roots refuse (to turn black).

It is narrated from Yazid bin Abi Habib that Abu al-Khayr told him concerning Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he used to dye the hair of his head a deep black with a tree called al-sabib.

Abd al-A'la reports about Ibn al-Hanafiyyah that he used to dye with wasmah.