13 - Chapter: The Prohibition of Plucking Gray Hairs

5068 - Qutaybah informed us, from Abd al-Aziz, from Umara ibn Ghaziyyah, from Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited plucking gray hairs.

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= Haywah ibn Shurayh according to the compiler, meaning by mentioning the explicit statement of Shayyim's hearing from Ruwayfi'. And he narrated it — meaning Ibn Lahi'ah — once, as in Ahmad (16995), from Ayyash ibn Abbas, similar to the narration of Haywah, except that he did not mention the explicit statement of Shayyim's hearing from Rafi'. And he narrated it — as in Ahmad (16994) — from Ayyash ibn Abbas, from Shayyim, from Abu Salim Sufyan ibn Hani' al-Jayshani, from Shayban al-Qitbani, from Ruwayfi', thus adding Abu Salim and Shayban to the chain. I say: It seems that the narration of Mufaddal ibn Fadalah — mentioned above — is more likely correct; for al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar mentioned in his "Tahdhib" in the biography of Shayban the explicit statement of Shayyim's hearing from Ruwayfi', but he said after it: And he did not mention Shayban! As if he is indicating that the mention of Shayban in the chain is more correct, and on this basis the defect in the chain remains in the unknown status of Shayban. However, Abu Dawud narrated the hadith another time (37) via the path of Mufaddal ibn Fadalah, from Ayyash ibn Abbas, from Shayyim ibn Baytan, from Abu Salim al-Jayshani, from Abdullah ibn Amr. And this chain is sound.

Ibn Wahb: he is Abdullah, and the hadith is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (9284).

Al-Sindi said regarding his statement: "Perhaps life..." etc.: The realization of that has appeared, for life was prolonged with it, until he died in the year fifty-three in Africa, and he was the last of the Companions to die there.

"Whoever tied his beard" — it is said: it means treating it until it becomes tied and curled. And it is said: they used to tie them in wars out of arrogance and vanity, so they were commanded to let them hang loose. And it is said: it is twisting it like the twisting of the non-Arabs.

"Or hung a bowstring" — the bowstring of a bow, or absolutely a rope. It is said: what is meant is the amulets and talismans they used to hang on themselves, which they tied with those bowstrings, believing they protected from afflictions and the evil eye. And it is said: regarding the bells they hung with them. And it is said: so that horses would not choke during intense galloping.

"With the dung of an animal": it is the manure.

(1) It was corrupted in (M) to: ibn.
(2) Its chain is good on account of Abd al-Aziz — who is Ibn Muhammad al-Darawardi — and Shu'ayb — who is Ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As — for both are truthful. And it is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" (9285). =