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Ash-Shama'il 4

“I have never seen anyone endowed with a lock of hair flowing below the ears, wearing a red suit of clothes, more handsome than the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). He had some hair…

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حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ

قَالَ: مَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ ذِي لِمَّةٍ فِي حُلَّةٍ حَمْرَاءَ أَحْسَنَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، لَهُ شَعَرٌ يَضْرِبُ مَنْكِبَيْهِ، بَعِيدُ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ، لَمْ يَكُنْ بِالْقَصِيرِ، وَلا بِالطَّوِيلِ

“I have never seen anyone endowed with a lock of hair flowing below the ears, wearing a red suit of clothes, more handsome than the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). He had some hair touching his shoulders. Broad-shouldered, he was neither short nor tall.”

Ash-Shama'il 4, Book 1, The Noble Features Of Rasoolullah, Hadith 4. 1 min read

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam at-Tirmidhi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam at-TirmidhiCompiler, died 279 AH
  2. 2Mahmud ibn GhaylanTold us, Fourth generation, died 239 AH
  3. 3Waki ibn al-JarrahTold us, Third generation, died 196 AH
  4. 4Sufyan ath-ThawriTold us, Third generation, died 159 AH
  5. 5Abu Ishaq as-SabiiFrom, Successor, died 126 AH
  6. 6Al-Bara ibn AzibFrom, Companion, died 72 AH

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