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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند أنس بن مالك
Musnad of Anas bin Malik
مُسْنَدُ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ
Musnad of Anas bin Malik
Musnad Abi Ya'la 3643 — The hair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ، قَالَ : وَأَخْبَرَنِي رَبِيعَةُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ : كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجِلَ الشَّعَرِ ، لَيْسَ بِالسَّبْطِ وَلَا الْجَعْدِ الْقَطَطِ ، كَانَ أَزْهَرَ لَيْسَ بِالْآدَمِ ، وَلَا الْأَبْيَضِ الْأَمْهَقِ ، كَانَ رَبْعَةً مِنَ الْقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِالْقَصِيرِ وَلَا بِالطَّوِيلِ الْبَائِنِ ، بُعِثَ عَلَى رَأْسِ أَرْبَعِينَ ، أَقَامَ بِمَكَّةَ عَشْرًا ، وَبِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرًا ، وَتُوُفِّيَ عَلَى رَأْسِ سِتِّينَ ، لَيْسَ فِي رَأْسِهِ وَلِحْيَتِهِ عِشْرُونَ شَعَرَةً بَيْضَاءَ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him): "The hair of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was slightly wavy, neither completely straight nor very tightly curled. His (peace and blessings be upon him) complexion was most attractive and radiantly fair, neither wheat-coloured (brown) nor a dull, extreme white. He (peace and blessings be upon him) was of medium height among the people, neither short nor conspicuously tall. He (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent as a Prophet at the start of his fortieth year; he (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed ten years in Makkah and ten years in Madinah, and when he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away he (peace and blessings be upon him) was sixty years old; at that time there were not even twenty white hairs in his (peace and blessings be upon him) head and beard."
