Sahih al-Bukhari

Hadith 3547

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The description of the Prophet ﷺ.

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Darussalam · Volume 4

61 - THE BOOK OF VIRTUES

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الحديث: 3547 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 187

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3547. Narrated Rabī'a bin Abī 'Abdur-Raḥmān: I heard Anas bin Mālik describing the Prophet ﷺ saying, "He was of medium height amongst the people, neither tall nor short; he had a rosy complexion, neither absolutely white nor deep brown; his hair was neither completely curly nor quite lank. Divine Revelation was revealed to him when he was forty years old. He stayed ten years in Makkah receiving the Divine Revelation, and stayed in Al-Madīna for ten more years. When he expired, he had scarcely twenty white hair in his head and beard." Rabī'a said, "I saw some of his hair and it was red. When I asked about that, I was told that it turned red because of perfume." [See Vol. 5, Hadīth No. 3851]

Arabic text

3547 - حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يَصِفُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «كَانَ رَبْعَةً مِنَ القَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِالطَّوِيلِ وَلاَ بِالقَصِيرِ، أَزْهَرَ اللَّوْنِ لَيْسَ بِأَبْيَضَ، أَمْهَقَ وَلاَ آدَمَ، لَيْسَ بِجَعْدٍ قَطَطٍ، وَلاَ سَبْطٍ رَجِلٍ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَرْبَعِينَ، فَلَبِثَ بِمَكَّةَ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ يُنْزَلُ عَلَيْهِ، وَبِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ، وَقُبِضَ وَلَيْسَ فِي رَأْسِهِ وَلِحْيَتِهِ عِشْرُونَ شَعَرَةً بَيْضَاءَ» قَالَ رَبِيعَةُ: «فَرَأَيْتُ شَعَرًا مِنْ شَعَرِهِ، فَإِذَا هُوَ أَحْمَرُ فَسَأَلْتُ فَقِيلَ احْمَرَّ مِنَ الطِّيبِ»

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