Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3498
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعْدِ الْخَيْرِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " مَنِ اكْتَحَلَ فَلْيُوتِرْ مَنْ فَعَلَ فَقَدْ أَحْسَنَ وَمَنْ لاَ فَلاَ حَرَجَ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUmar narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Malik ibn al-Ṣabbāḥ narrated to us, from Thawr ibn Yazīd, from Ḥuṣayn al-Ḥimyarī, from Abū Saʿd al-Khayr, from Abū Hurayrah, that the Prophet said: ‘Whoever applies kohl, let him do so an odd number of times. Whoever does so has done well, and whoever does not, there is no blame.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source commands an odd number but does not specify a number of applications; the second clause explicitly says there is no blame for not doing so.