أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ، أنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ، نا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، نا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، نا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أنا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ الدِّيلِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلَّى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ مَا غُيِّرَ بِهِ هَذَا الشَّيْبُ الْحِنَّاءُ وَالْكَتَمُ ".
Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best thing with which grey hair is changed is henna and the wasmah plant."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14818
Nafi' narrates from Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he used to dye his beard yellow and would say that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) too "used to apply yellow dye."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14819
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that a man passed by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) who had dyed his hair with henna, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How fine this is!" Then another man passed by him (peace and blessings be upon him) who had dyed his hair with henna and wasmah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is even better than that." Then yet another man passed by him (peace and blessings be upon him) who had dyed his hair yellow, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is better than all of them." He says: Tawus used to dye his hair yellow.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14820
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ، أنا أَحْمَدُ، نا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، نا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ، فَذَكَرَهُ بِمَعْنَاهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ: عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ.
Muhammad bin Talhah mentioned it with the same meaning, except that he said: from Ibn Tawus, from his father (instead of: from the sons of Tawus, from their father).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14821
Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that Abu Quhafah was brought on the day of the Conquest of Makkah, and his head and beard were (white) like the flowers of the thaghamah plant. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Change this with something, and avoid black."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14822
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Change grey hair, do not imitate the Jews, and avoid black."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14823
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "In the last era there will be people who dye their hair with black, like the breasts of birds; they will not even smell the fragrance of Paradise."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14824
Abu Qabil al-Ma'afiri (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), and he had dyed the hair of his head and beard black. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Who are you? He said: I am Amr bin al-As. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: As I knew you, you were an old man, and today you are young! I adjure you to go out and wash off this black.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14825
Bahr bin Nasr said that Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) used to dye his hair.
(b) Sulayman bin Shu'ayb al-Kaysani said: I saw Muhammad bin Idris al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him); he used to dye the hair of his beard with pure henna.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14826