Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3629
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، وَابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ سُئِلَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ أَخَضَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَرَ مِنَ الشَّيْبِ إِلاَّ نَحْوَ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ أَوْ عِشْرِينَ شَعَرَةً فِي مُقَدَّمِ لِحْيَتِهِ .
Translation
Muḥammad ibn al-Muthannā narrated to us; Khālid ibn al-Ḥārith and Ibn Abī ʿAdī narrated to us, from Ḥumayd, who said: Anas ibn Mālik was asked, “Did the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, dye his hair?” He replied: He was seen to have only about seventeen or twenty gray hairs at the front of his beard.