Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3499
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ كَانَتْ لِلنَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مُكْحُلَةٌ يَكْتَحِلُ مِنْهَا ثَلاَثًا فِي كُلِّ عَيْنٍ .
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated to us, from ʿAbbād ibn Manṣūr, from ʿIkrimah, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: The Prophet had a kohl container from which he applied kohl three times to each eye.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The number is three applications in each eye; the source does not specify an alternative total for both eyes combined.