with his chain of narration from Uthman (109) ibn Abd Allah ibn Mawhab, who said: I entered upon Umm Salamah, and she brought out for us (110) a hair from the hair of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) dyed with henna and katam. (111) Abu Bakr also dyed his hair with henna and katam.
There is no harm in using wars (saffron-like plant) and saffron, because Abu Malik al-Ashja'i said: 'Our dye with the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) was wars (112) and saffron.' (113) And from al-Hakam ibn 'Amr al-Ghifari, who said: 'My brother Rafi' and I entered upon the Commander of the Faithful, Umar, while I was dyed with henna, and my brother was dyed with yellow. Umar ibn al-Khattab said: "This is the dye of Islam," and he said to my brother Rafi': "This is the dye of faith."
It is disliked (makruh) to dye hair with black. It was said to Abu Abd Allah: "Do you dislike dyeing with black?" He said: "Yes, by Allah." He said: "Abu Bakr brought his father to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), and his head and beard were as white as the thaghamah (114) plant. The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: 'Change these two, but avoid black.'" (115) And Abu Dawud narrated with his chain of narration from Abd Allah ibn Abbas [who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said] (116): "There will be a people in the end times who will dye with black like the crops (117) of pigeons."
(109) In the manuscripts: "Tamim". This is an error; see the upcoming takhrij (authentication) of the hadith. (110) In [M]: "to us". (111) Reported by al-Bukhari, in: The Book of What is Mentioned Regarding Gray Hair, from the Book of Dress. Sahih al-Bukhari 7/207, and he stopped at her statement: "dyed". And by Ibn Majah, in: The Book of Dyeing with Henna, from the Book of Dress. Sunan Ibn Majah 2/1196, 1197. And by Imam Ahmad, in: The Musnad 6/296, 319, 322. (112) Al-Wars: A yellow plant, grown in Yemen, used for dyeing. (113) Reported by Imam Ahmad, in: The Musnad 3/472. (114) Al-Thaghamah: A plant with white fruit and flowers, growing mostly in the mountains. (115) Reported by Muslim, in: The Book of the Recommendation of Dyeing Something Yellow or Red, and the Prohibition of Black, from the Book of Dress. Sahih Muslim 3/1663. And by Abu Dawud, in: The Book of Dyeing, from the Book of Grooming. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/403. And by al-Nasa'i, in: The Book of the Prohibition of Dyeing with Black, from the Book of Adornment. Al-Mujtaba 8/119. And by Imam Ahmad, in: The Musnad 3/160, 316, 322, 338. (116) In [M]: "marfu'an (attributed to the Prophet)". (117) Hawasil al-hamam (craws/crops of pigeons): their chests. They are predominantly black. In the Musnad of Ahmad, it states that his saying =
