[29] Grey Hair and Cutting/plucking it...
[29] Grey Hair and Cutting/plucking it: وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ ( عليه السلام ) أَوَّلُ مَنْ شَابَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ مَا هَذَا فَقَالَ نُورٌ وَ تَوْقِيرٌ قَالَ رَبِّ زِدْنِي مِنْهُ . And by this chain, ‘He -asws said: ‘The first one to be grey-haired was Ibrahim -as . He -as said: ‘O Lord -azwj ! What is this?’ So He -azwj Said: “A radiance and a reverence”. He -as said: ‘Lord -azwj ! Increase for me -as , from it’.
[30] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْمَدِينِيِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ ( عليهم السلام ) قَالَ الشَّيْبُ فِي مُقَدَّمِ الرَّأْسِ يُمْنٌ وَ فِي الْعَارِضَيْنِ سَخَاءٌ وَ فِي الذَّوَائِبِ شَجَاعَةٌ وَ فِي الْقَفَا شُؤْمٌ .
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Abu Ayoub Al Madainy, from Suleyman Al Ja’fary, (It has been narrated) from Al-Reza -asws , from his -asws forefathers -asws having said: ‘The grey hair in the front part of the head is a Blessing, and in the two sides is generosity, and in the top is courage, and in the back is inauspiciousness’.
[31] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِجَزِّ الشَّمَطِ وَ نَتْفِهِ وَ جَزُّهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ نَتْفِهِ .
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Al Washa, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, from Abu Abdullah -asws has said: ‘There is no problem with cutting the grey hair and plucking it, but cutting it is more beloved to me than plucking it’. [32] عَنْهُ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( صلوات الله عليه ) قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِجَزِّ الشَّمَطِ وَ نَتْفِهِ مِنَ اللِّحْيَةِ .
From him, from Ibn Fazzal, from the one who mentioned it, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘There is no problem with cutting the grey hair and plucking it from the beard’. [33] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) كَانَ لَا يَرَى بِجَزِّ الشَّيْبِ بَأْساً وَ يَكْرَهُ نَتْفَهُ .
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws that Amir Al-Momineen -asws did not view the cutting of the grey hairs as a problem, and disliked plucking it’.
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