Jabir bin ahadeeth was asked about the old age of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) . He said: When he oiled his head nothing was seen (as a mark of old age) and when he did not apply oil something (of the old age) became visible.
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وحَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ
إِسْرَائِيلَ ، عَنْ
سِمَاكٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ
جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ ، يَقُولُ : " كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَدْ شَمِطَ مُقَدَّمُ رَأْسِهِ وَلِحْيَتِهِ ، وَكَانَ إِذَا ادَّهَنَ لَمْ يَتَبَيَّنْ ، وَإِذَا شَعِثَ رَأْسُهُ تَبَيَّنَ ، وَكَانَ كَثِيرَ شَعْرِ اللِّحْيَةِ ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ : وَجْهُهُ مِثْلُ السَّيْفِ ، قَالَ : لَا ، بَلْ كَانَ مِثْلَ الشَّمْسِ وَالْقَمَرِ ، وَكَانَ مُسْتَدِيرًا ، وَرَأَيْتُ الْخَاتَمَ عِنْدَ كَتِفِهِ ، مِثْلَ بَيْضَةِ الْحَمَامَةِ ، يُشْبِهُ جَسَدَهُ " .
Jabir bin ahadeeth reported that there had appeared some whiteness on the front part of the head and beard of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . When he applied oil, it did not become visible, but when he did not (apply) oil, it became apparent. And he had a thick beard. A person said: His face was as (bright) as the sword. Thereupon he (Jabir) said: No, it was round and like the sun and the moon. And I saw the seal near his shoulder of the size of a pigeon's egg and its color was the same as that of his body.
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Jabir. ahadeeth reported: I saw the seal on his back as if it were a pigeon's egg.
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Simak with the same chain of transmitters.
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