When we came out from the bathhouse...
When we came out from the bathhouse, we asked about the sheikh, and behold, it was Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws and his -asws son -asws Muhammad Al-Baqir -asws was with him ‑asws ’’. [11] وَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ هَارُونَ الْعِجْلِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَ خَضَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ لَا وَ لَا عَلِيٌّ وَ لَكِنْ خَضَبَ أَبِي وَ جَدِّي فَإِنْ خَضَبْتَ فَحَسَنٌ وَ إِنْ تَرَكْتَ فَحَسَنٌ.
And from Suleyman Bin Harou Al Ijaly who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah -asws , ‘Did Rasool-Allah -saww dye?’ He -asws said: ‘No, nor Ali -asws , but my -asws father -asws dyed, and my -asws grandfather -asws . If you were to dye, then good, and if you were to leave it, then good’’. [12] عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْخِضَابِ فَقَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَخْتَضِبُ وَ هَذَا شَعْرُهُ عِنْدَنَا.
From Jareer Bin Muhammad, ‘From Abu Ja’far -asws , he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked him about the dyeing. He -asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww used to dye, and these are his -saww hair, in our -asws possession’’.
[13] عَنْ حَفْصٍ الْأَعْوَرِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- مَا تَقُولُ فِي الْخِضَابِ خِضَابِ اللِّحْيَةِ وَ الرَّأْسِ From Ja’far Al Ahowl said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah -asws , ‘What are you -asws saying regarding the dyeing, dyeing the beard and the head?’ فَقَالَ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ He -asws said: ‘(It is) from the Sunnah’.
قَالَ قُلْتُ فَأَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع لَمْ يَخْتَضِبْ He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘But Amir Al-Momineen -asws did not dye!’ قَالَ إِنَّمَا مَنَعَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَوْلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص سَتُخْضَبُ هَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ. He -asws said: ‘But rather, Amir Al-Momineen -asws refused (due to) words of Rasool-Allah -saww : ‘You -asws will be dyed this (beard) from this(blood of the head)’’. [14] عَنْهُ ع قَالَ: تُرْكُ الْخِضَابِ بُؤْسٌ.
From him -asws having said: ‘Neglecting the dyeing is wretchedness’’. [15] جش، الفهرست للنجاشي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ نُوحٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَارُونَ الْهَاشِمِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الطَّيَالِسِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْأَصْفَهَانِيِّ عَنْ شَرِيكٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحُرِّ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ ع عَنْ خِضَابِهِ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ كَمَا تَرَوْنَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ حِنَّاءٌ وَ كَتَمٌ.
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