29 - Chapter: On Oiling (the Hair)

5114 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna informed us, saying: Abu Dawud narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Simak, who said:
I heard Jabir ibn Samurah — he was asked about the white hairs of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him — he said: "When he oiled his head, none of it could be seen, and when he did not oil it, some of it could be seen."

============================================
= "Al-Kubra," no. (9344).
Also narrated by Ahmad (2047), (2219), (2479), (3035), (3342), and (3426); Abu Dawud (3878) and (4061); Ibn Majah (3497); Ibn Hibban (5423), (6072), and (6073) via multiple chains from 'Abdullah ibn 'Uthman ibn Khuthaym, with this chain of transmission. Some narrations have a more complete wording.
Also narrated by al-Tirmidhi (2048) via the route of 'Abbad ibn Mansur, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas, with it.
At its beginning: "Indeed, the best of what you treat yourselves with are al-ladud (medicine poured into the side of the mouth), al-sa'ut (medicine instilled into the nose), cupping, and walking." And 'Abbad ibn Mansur is weak, and al-Tirmidhi said: A hasan gharib hadith.
On this topic, from Jabir in Ibn Majah (3496), and from Ibn 'Umar in Ibn Majah (3495), and al-Hakim 4/207, and he declared it authentic.
And "al-ithmid": al-Sindi said: It is said it is the well-known stone used for kohl. And it is said it is an Isfahani kohl.
"Yajlu" (clears) is from al-ijla', meaning: it increases brightness. "And grows the hair": the hair of the eyelashes.
(1) In (R): "he was asked."
(2) In (H): "he applied oil."
(3) After it in (R) and (M) there is an addition: "anything."
(4) Authentic due to corroborating evidence, and this chain is hasan because of Simak — who is Ibn Harb — and the rest of its narrators are trustworthy. Abu Dawud: he is Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Tayalisi. And it is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra," no. (9345).
Also narrated by Muslim (2344): (108) from Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna, with this chain.
Also narrated by Ahmad (20807) from Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi, with it.
Also narrated — similarly — by Ahmad (20840), (20866), (20953), and (20988), (20992) via the route of Hammad ibn Salamah; and Ahmad (20998) and (20999); and Muslim (2344): (109); and Ibn =