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Mishkat al-Masabih 4272

Amr ibn Shuaib, on his father’s authority, told that his grandfather reported God’s messenger as saying. “Do not pluck out grey hairs, for they are the Muslim’s light. If anyone grows a grey hair in…

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وَعَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تَنْتِفُوا الشَّيْبَ فَإِنَّهُ نُورُ الْمُسْلِمِ مَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهَا حَسَنَةً وَكَفَّرَ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً وَرَفَعَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً»

Amr ibn Shuaib, on his father’s authority, told that his grandfather reported God’s messenger as saying. “Do not pluck out grey hairs, for they are the Muslim’s light. If anyone grows a grey hair in Islam God will record on his behalf a good deed for it, will blot out a sin for it, and raise him a degree for it.”

Mishkat al-Masabih 4272, Book 23, Clothing, Hadith 145. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade plucking grey hairs, whether they are on one's head or beard or any other place on the body, as this grey hair will be light for the person on the Day of Judgment.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Al-Khatib at-Tibrizi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Al-Khatib at-TibriziCompiler, died 741 AH
  2. 2Amr ibn ShuaybFrom, Successor, died 118 AH
  3. 3Shuayb ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn AmrFrom, Successor, died 81 AH
  4. 4Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-AsFrom, Companion, died 63 AH

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