Sahih al-Bukhari — hadith #5887–#5911
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Narrated Um Salama:that once the Prophet (ﷺ) was in her house, and an effeminate man was there too. The effeminate man said to `Abdullah, (Um Salama's brother) "0 `Abdullah! If Ta'if should be conquered tomorrow, I recommend you the daughter of Ghailan, for she is so fat that she has four curves in the front (of her belly) and eight at the back." So the Prophet (ﷺ) said (to his wives) "These effeminate (men) should not enter upon you (your houses)
Narrated Ibn `Umar:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "To get the moustaches cut 'short is characteristic of the Fitra
Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Five practices are characteristics of the Fitra: circumcision, shaving the pubic region, clipping the nails and cutting the moustaches short
Narrated Ibn `Umar:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "To shave the pubic hair. to clip the nails and to cut the moustaches short, are characteristics of the Fitra
Narrated Abu Huraira:I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying. "Five practices are characteristics of the Fitra: circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, cutting the moustaches short, clipping the nails, and depilating the hair of the armpits
Narrated Nafi`:Ibn `Umar said, The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Do the opposite of what the pagans do. Keep the beards and cut the moustaches short.' Whenever Ibn `Umar performed the Hajj or `Umra, he used to hold his beard with his hand and cut whatever remained outside his hold
Narrated Ibn `Umar:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Cut the moustaches short and leave the beard (as it is)
Narrated Muhammad bin Seereen:I asked Anas, "Did the Prophet (ﷺ) dye his hair?" Anas replied, "The Prophet (ﷺ) did not have except a few grey hairs
Narrated Thabit:Anas was asked whether the Prophet (ﷺ) used a a hair dye or not. He replied, "The Prophet (ﷺ) did not have enough grey hair to dye, (such that) if I wanted to count the fading hairs in his beard (I could have)
Narrated IsraiI:`Uthman bin `Abdullah bin Mauhab said, "My people sent me with a bowl of water to Um Salama." Isra'il approximated three fingers ('indicating the small size of the container in which there was some hair of the Prophet. `Uthman added, "If any person suffered from evil eye or some other disease, he would send a vessel (containing water) to Um Salama. I looked into the container (that held the hair of the Prophet) and saw a few red hairs in it
Narrated `Uthman bin `Abdullah bin Mauhab:I went to Um Salama and she brought out for us some of the dyed hair of the Prophet
Ibn Mauhab also said that Um Salama had shown him the red hair of the Prophet
Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Jews and Christians do not dye their hair so you should do the opposite of what they do
Narrated Anas bin Malik:The Prophet (ﷺ) was neither conspicuously tall, nor short; neither, very white, nor tawny. His hair was neither much curled, nor very straight. Allah sent him (as an Apostle) at the age of forty (and after that) he stayed for ten years in Mecca, and for ten more years in Medina. Allah took him unto Him at the age of sixty, and he scarcely had ten white hairs on his head and in his beard
Narrated Al-Bara':I did not see anybody in a red cloak looking more handsome than the Prophet. Narrated Malik: The hair of the Prophet (ﷺ) used to hang near his shoulders. Abu Ishaq said, "I heard him relate it more than once. He always laughed when he related it." Narrated Shu`ba: The hair of the Prophet (ﷺ) used to hang down to the earlobes
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Today I saw myself in a dream near the Ka`ba. I saw a whitish brown man, the handsomest of all brown men you might ever see. He had the most beautiful Limma (hair hanging down to the earlobes) you might ever see. He had combed it and it was dripping water; and he was performing the Tawaf around the Ka`ba leaning on two men or on the shoulders of two men. I asked, "Who is this?" It was said. "Messiah, the son of Mary." Suddenly I saw a curly-haired man, blind in the right eye which looked like a protruding out grape. I asked, "Who is this?" It was said, "He is Masiah Ad-Dajjal
Narrated Anas : The hair of the Prophet (ﷺ) used to hang down up to his shoulders
Narrated Anas: The head-hair of the Prophet (ﷺ) used to hang down to his shoulders
Narrated Qatada:l asked Anas bin Malik about the hair of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). He said, "The hair of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was neither much straight, nor much curly, and it used to hang down till between his shoulders and his earlobes
Narrated Anas:The Prophet (ﷺ) had big hands, and I have never seen anybody like him after him. The hair of the Prophet was wavy, neither curly nor straight
Narrated Anas:The Prophet (ﷺ) had big hands and feet, and I have not seen anybody like him, neither before nor after him, and his palms were soft
Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) had big feet and a good-looking face and I have not seen anybody like him after him
Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) had big feet and a good-looking face and I have not seen anybody like him after him
Narrated Anas:The Prophet (ﷺ) had big feet and hands
Narrated Anas or Jabir bin `Abdullah:The Prophet (ﷺ) had big hands and feet and I have not seen anybody like him after him