Sahih al-Bukhari 5665 (Book 77, Hadith 109) Narrated Nafi`: Ibn `Umar said, The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘Do the opposite of what the pagans do. Keep the beards and cut the moustaches short.’ Whenever Ibn `Umar performed the Hajj or `Umra, he used to hold his beard with his hand and cut whatever remained outside his […]
Sahih al-Bukhari is one of the most authentic and revered collections of hadith in Islam, compiled by Imam Muhammad ibn Isma’il al-Bukhari. It contains thousands of narrations meticulously verified and arranged by topic, covering beliefs, worship, ethics, law, and the life of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Recognized for its rigorous criteria of authenticity, it holds a central place in Sunni scholarship and daily Islamic practice.
Book 77, Dress, discusses Islamic guidelines on clothing, modesty, and adornment.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5666 (Book 77, Hadith 110) Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Cut the moustaches short and leave the beard (as it is). حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم “ انْهَكُوا […]
Sahih al-Bukhari 5667 (Book 77, Hadith 111) Narrated Muhammad bin Seereen: I asked Anas, “Did the Prophet (ﷺ) dye his hair?” Anas replied, “The Prophet (ﷺ) did not have except a few grey hairs.” حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَنَسًا أَخَضَبَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم […]
Sahih al-Bukhari 5668 (Book 77, Hadith 112) Narrated Thabit: Anas was asked whether the Prophet (ﷺ) used a a hair dye or not. He replied, “The Prophet (ﷺ) did not have enough grey hair to dye, (such that) if I wanted to count the fading hairs in his beard (I could have).” حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ […]
Sahih al-Bukhari 5669 (Book 77, Hadith 113) Narrated IsraiI: `Uthman bin `Abdullah bin Mauhab said, “My people sent me with a bowl of water to Um Salama.” Isra’il approximated three fingers (‘indicating the small size of the container in which there was some hair of the Prophet. `Uthman added, “If any person suffered from evil […]
Sahih al-Bukhari 5670 (Book 77, Hadith 114) Narrated `Uthman bin `Abdullah bin Mauhab: I went to Um Salama and she brought out for us some of the dyed hair of the Prophet. حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلاَّمٌ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ، قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَأَخْرَجَتْ إِلَيْنَا شَعَرًا مِنْ شَعَرِ […]
Sahih al-Bukhari 5671 (Book 77, Hadith 115) Ibn Mauhab also said that Um Salama had shown him the red hair of the Prophet. وَقَالَ لَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا نُصَيْرُ بْنُ أَبِي الأَشْعَثِ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَوْهَبٍ، أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ، أَرَتْهُ شَعَرَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَحْمَرَ. Sahih al-Bukhari 5671 (Book 77, Hadith 115) The […]
Sahih al-Bukhari 5672 (Book 77, Hadith 116) Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Jews and Christians do not dye their hair so you should do the opposite of what they do. حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، وَسُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى […]
Sahih al-Bukhari 5673 (Book 77, Hadith 117) Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) was neither conspicuously tall, nor short; neither, very white, nor tawny. His hair was neither much curled, nor very straight. Allah sent him (as an Apostle) at the age of forty (and after that) he stayed for ten years in Mecca, […]
Sahih al-Bukhari 5674 (Book 77, Hadith 118) Narrated Al-Bara’: I did not see anybody in a red cloak looking more handsome than the Prophet. Narrated Malik: The hair of the Prophet (ﷺ) used to hang near his shoulders. Abu Ishaq said, “I heard him relate it more than once. He always laughed when he related […]
Sahih al-Bukhari 5675 (Book 77, Hadith 119) Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Today I saw myself in a dream near the Ka`ba. I saw a whitish brown man, the handsomest of all brown men you might ever see. He had the most beautiful Limma (hair hanging down to the earlobes) you might […]
Sahih al-Bukhari 5676 (Book 77, Hadith 120) Narrated Anas : The hair of the Prophet (ﷺ) used to hang down up to his shoulders. حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ، أَخْبَرَنَا حَبَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسٌ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَضْرِبُ شَعَرُهُ مَنْكِبَيْهِ. Sahih al-Bukhari 5676 (Book 77, Hadith 120) The above hadith […]