Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2821
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنْ نَتْفِ الشَّيْبِ وَقَالَ " إِنَّهُ نُورُ الْمُسْلِمِ " . قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ قَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ وَغَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Amr ibn Shu‘ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, reported that the Prophet prohibited plucking out gray hairs and said: ‘It is the light of a Muslim.’
Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan hadith. It has also been narrated by ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith and more than one other transmitter from ‘Amr ibn Shu‘ayb.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The wording describes gray hair as a Muslim’s light and prohibits plucking it out; the source notes multiple transmission routes.