4208 - Ibn Bashshar narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us, from Iyad ibn Laqit, from Abu Rimthah who said: I came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, along with my father. He said to a man—or to my father—"Who is this?" He said: "My son." He said: "Do not let him bear the burden of your sin." He had dyed his beard with henna.

4209 - Muhammad ibn 'Ubayd narrated to us, Hammad narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas: He was asked about the dyeing of the Prophet's, peace and blessings be upon him, hair, and he mentioned that he did not dye it, but Abu Bakr and 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with them, did dye it.

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His saying: "You are gentle" — al-Baghawi said in *Sharh al-Sunnah*: Its meaning is that you are gentle with the sick person, protecting him from what you fear his body cannot endure, and feeding him what you see is gentler for him. And the physician is the one who knows the true nature of the illness and the remedy, and who has power over health and healing — and that is none other than Allah, the One, the Subduer.

Then, naming Allah, glorified and exalted be He, with this [name] means that He is mentioned in the context of seeking healing, such as saying: "O Allah, You are the Healer, the One who causes illness, the One who treats, the Physician," and similar expressions. As for saying: "O Physician, do such-and-such," just as one says: "O Forbearing One, O Merciful One," that departs from the proper etiquette of supplication.

(1) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Sufyan: he is al-Thawri, and 'Abd al-Rahman: he is Ibn Mahdi, and Ibn Bashshar: he is Muhammad.
It was also narrated in abbreviated form by al-Nasa'i in *al-Kubra* (9303) from Muhammad ibn Bashshar, with this chain of transmission.
And see what preceded under numbers (4065) and (4206).
His saying: "Do not let him bear the burden of your sin" — it was said in *'Awn al-Ma'bud*: i.e., your son. And *al-jinaya* (the offense) is the sin and crime that necessitates punishment or retaliation, i.e., your son shall not be held accountable for your offense, and no offender bears the burden of anyone but himself: {And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another} [al-An'am: 164]. This is a rejection of what the Arabs were accustomed to, of holding one of two related persons accountable for the other.

(2) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Thabit: he is Ibn Aslam al-Bunani, and Hammad: he is Ibn Zayd, and Muhammad ibn 'Ubayd: he is Ibn Hisab al-Ghubari.