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Dyeing (Hair) With Henna

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Darussalam · Volume 4

32. The Book Of Dress

Sunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 3622 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1196

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3622. It was narrated from Abu Dharr that the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "The best things with which you change gray hair are henna and Katam." (Sahih)

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3622 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنِ الْأَجْلَحِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ الدِّيلَمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ مَا غَيَّرْتُمْ بِهِ الشَّيْبَ الْحِنَّاءُ وَالْكَتَمُ»

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a. (Wasmah, Katam) is a wild plant. Leaves of these plants are ground and used for dying hair. (See Mishbâhul-Lughat). b. If Wasmah is applied to hair it becomes become black. If henna is mixed with it, then it become reddish black.