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Dyeing Hair With Henna And Katam[2]

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Darussalam · Volume 6

48. The Book Of Adornment, From As-Sunan[1]

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الحديث: 5077 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 139

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5080. It was narrated from Abû Dharr that the Prophet ﷺ said: "The best things with which you can change gray hair are Henna and Katam." (Ṣaḥīḥ)

Arabic text

5077 - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَعْلَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا بِهِ أَبِي، عَنْ غَيْلَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَقَ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «أَفْضَلُ مَا غَيَّرْتُمْ بِهِ الشَّمَطَ الْحِنَّاءُ وَالْكَتَمُ»

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  1. 1

    [1] A white fruit from a type of plant.

  2. 2

    [2] A dye, which was dark. Some of them say it was a dye made by mixing a plant with henna, or other plants.

Commentary

When both are mixed well, the color does not remain utterly black, but becomes slightly inclined to reddishness. Consequently, the possibility of deception does not remain. The woad or indigo dye obtained from the leaves of the plant called Katam should not be in excess. Rather redness ought to be apparent in it. Katam are the leaves of a tree: mimosa flava. It grows in Yemen. This dye applied with Henna to the hair is said to preserve its original color. Its color is black with a touch of redness.