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Red hair in Islam and What?
Red hair in Islam
Red hair among Muslims is the most preferred color for hair. It is reported that Prophet Mohammed use to dye his hair red using Henna. Henna or Hina is a flowering plant which traditionally has been used to dye hair Red.There are no side effects to this.
Al-Bukhari related in his Sahih(Book of Islamic Traditions), from ‘Uthman son of ‘Abd-Allah son of Mawhab: We went to Umm Salma wife of the Prophet and Mother of the Muslims, and she brought out for us some of the hair of the Messenger of Allah, and lo, it was dyed with henna and indigo.” (Bukhari, Libas, 66) And in the four Books of Islamic Traditions, from the Prophet , it is related that Prophet Mohammed said, ‘The best you can use for changing the color of white hair are henna and katam.’ (Tirmidhi, Libas, 20).
In the two books of the Sahih(Correct Traditions), from Anas, it is quoted that Abu Bakr,the first Caliph of Islam used hair dye of both henna and katam. (Muslim, Fada’il, 100)” (Ibn Qayyim; 259) (Side note here. What is Katam? It is a plant from Yemen which produces a reddish-black dye). The practice of dying hair Red among Muslims is significant. They dye their hair using Henna at least once in six months especially during Festivals. Elders of a religious Muslim house dye their hair red and this makes the youngsters act in the same way. Muslims consider this practice as Tradition part of Religion for which they will be Blessed as this is a practice of Prophet Mohammed. Certain muslims on meeting muslims who have natural red hair say 'god has already blessed you with Red hair’ but many say it has no basis in Islam.
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