The Book of Adornment

كتاب الزينة من السنن

Chapter 16: Dyeing Hair with Henna and Katam

It was narrated that Abu Dharr said

"I heard the Prophet [SAW] say: 'Some of the best things with which you can change gray hair are Henna and Katam.'"

It was narrated that Abu Dharr said

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'The best things with which you can change gray hair are Henna and Katam.'"

It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin Buraidah said

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'The best things with which you can change gray hair are Henna and Katam.'"

It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin Buraidah that

He heard that the Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "The best things with which you can change gray hair are Henna and Katam."

It was narrated that Abu Rimthah said

"My father and I came to the Prophet [SAW] and he had dyed his beard with Henna."

It was narrated that Abu Rimthah said

"I came to the Prophet [SAW] and I saw that he had dyed his beard with yellow dye."

Chapter 17: Dyeing the Hair with Yellow Dye

It was narrated that Zaid bin Aslam said

"I saw Ibn 'Umar dyeing his beard yellow with Khaluq and I said: 'O Abu 'Abdur-Rahman, are you dyeing your beard yellow with Khaluq?' He said: 'I saw the Messenger of Allah [SAW] dyeing his beard yellow with it, and there was no other kind of dye that was dearer to him than this. He used to dye all of his clothes with it, even his 'Imamah (turban).'"

It was narrated from Qatadah

That he asked Anas: "Did the Messenger of Allah [SAW] dye his hair? He said: "His gray hair didn't go far, it was only a little at his temples."

It was narrated from Anas that

The Messenger of Allah [SAW] did not dye his hair; his gray hair were only a little beneath his lower lip and at his temples, and a little on his head.

It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud that

The Prophet of Allah [SAW] disliked ten things: Yellow dye, meaning Khaluq, changing gray hair, dragging one's Izar, wearing gold rings, playing with dice (Ki'ab), (a woman) showing her adornment to people to whom it is not permissible for her to show it, reciting Ruqyah, unless it is with Al-Mu'awidhat (Verses seeking refuge with Allah), hanging amulets, removing to ejaculate in other than the right place, and taking away the milk of an infant boy (by having intercourse with his mother)- but he did not say that this is Haram.

Chapter 18: Women Dyeing

It was narrated from 'Aishah that

A woman reached out her hand (to give) a letter to the Prophet [SAW], and he withdrew his hand. She said: "O Messenger of Allah, I reached out my hand (to give you) a letter and you did not take it." He said: "I did not know whether it was the hand of a woman or a man." She said: "It is the hand of a woman." He said: "If you were a woman, you would change your nails (by dyeing them with Henna)."

Chapter 19: Disliking the Smell of Henna

Karimah said

"I heard a woman asking 'Aishah about dyeing the hair with Henna. She said: 'There is nothing wrong with it, but I do not like to do it because my beloved- meaning the Prophet [SAW]- disliked its smell.'"

Chapter 20: Plucking Hairs

It was narrated from Abu Al-Husain Al-Haitham bin Shufayy that he said

"A friend of mine who was called Abu 'Amir, from Al-Ma'afir, and I went out to pray in Jerusalem. Their preacher was a man from (the tribe of) Azd who was called Abu Raihanah, one of the Companions." Abu Al-Husain said: "My companion reached the Masjid before I did, then I caught up with him, and sat beside him. He said: 'Have you heard the preaching of Abu Raihanah?' I said: 'No.' He said: 'I heard him say: 'The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade ten things: Filing (the teeth), tattoos, plucking (hair), for two men to lie under one cover with no barrier between them, for two women to lie under one cover with no barrier between them, for a man to add more than four fingers' width of silk to the bottom of his garment like the foreigners (Persians), (and he forbade) plundering, riding (while sitting on) leopard skins and wearing rings- except for rulers."

Chapter 21: Extending Hair with Cloth

It was narrated from Sa'eed bin Al-Musayyab that Mu'awiyah said

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade giving a false impression."

It was narrated that Sa'eed Al-Maqburi said

"I saw Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan on the Minbar, holding a ball of hair such as women use. He said: "What is wrong with Muslim women who put such things (on their heads)? I heard the Messenger of Allah [SAW] say: "Any woman who adds hair to her head that is not hers, it is something false, that she is adding to her head."

Chapter 22: Woman who Affixes Hair Extensions

It was narrated from Hisham bin 'Urwah, from his wife Fatimah, from Asma' bint Abi Bakr, that

The Messenger of Allah [SAW] cursed the woman who affixes hair extensions and the woman who has that done.

Chapter 23: Woman who has Hair Extensions Affixed

It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] cursed the woman who affixes hair extensions and the woman who has that done, the woman who does tattoos and the woman who has that done."

It was narrated from Nafi' that he heard that

The Messenger of Allah [SAW] cursed the woman who affixes hair extensions and the woman who has that done, the woman who does tattoos and the woman who has that done.

It was narrated from Safiyyah bint Shaibah, that 'Aishah said

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'May Allah curse the woman who affixes hair extensions and the woman who has that done.'"

It was narrated from Masruq that

A woman came to 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud and said: "I am a woman with little hair, is it alright for me to add extensions to my hair?" He said: "No." She said: "Is it something that you heard from the Messenger of Allah [SAW] or that you find in the Book of Allah?" He said: "No, rather I heard it from the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and I find it in the Book of Allah." And he quoted the Hadith.