Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 3625

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فِرَاسٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا الرَّاسِبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا دَفَّاعُ بْنُ دَغْفَلٍ السَّدُوسِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ صَيْفِيٍّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، صُهَيْبِ الْخَيْرِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ مَا اخْتَضَبْتُمْ بِهِ لَهَذَا السَّوَادُ أَرْغَبُ لِنِسَائِكُمْ فِيكُمْ وَأَهْيَبُ لَكُمْ فِي صُدُورِ عَدُوِّكُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Abū Hurayrah al-Ṣayrafī—Muḥammad ibn Firās—narrated to us; ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāsibī narrated to us; Daffāʿ ibn Daghfal al-Sadūsī narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Ṣayfī, from his father, from his grandfather, Ṣuhayb al-Khayr, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “The best thing with which you dye [your hair] is this black dye: it is more pleasing to your women in you and makes you more awe-inspiring in the hearts of your enemies.”