What Has Been Related About The Dye
Darussalam · Volume 3
22. The Chapters On Clothing From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 1753 · Volume 4 · Page 253
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (٢٦٢٢)
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1753. Abū Dharr narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed the best of what the gray may be changed with is Hennā and Katam." (Sahih) [Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Hasan Sahih. Abū Al-Aswad Ad-Dīlī's (a narrator in this chain) name is Zālim bin 'Amr bin Sufyān.
١٧٥٣ - حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ، عَنِ الْأَجْلَحِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ مَا غُيِّرَ بِهِ الشَّيْبُ الْحِنَّاءُ وَالْكَتَمُ» هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَأَبُو الْأَسْوَدِ الدَّيْلِيُّ اسْمُهُ: ظَالِمُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ سُفْيَانَ.
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Katam is a kind of herb that gives reddish black color. Mixed with Henna and applied to hair, it gives out color that is somewhere between red and black. The idea behind using the mixture of the two dyes is to avoid parading pure black and give a clear indication that the hair has in fact turned gray and the color now showing on it is not real.