Hadith #215
Arabic Text
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ ضَمْرَةَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ قَالَ وَقَدْ كَانَتْ صَلَّتْ الْقِبْلَتَيْنِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَ
لَّمَ قَالَتْ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لِي اخْتَضِبِي تَتْرُكُ إِحْدَاكُنَّ الْخِضَابَ حَتَّى تَكُونَ يَدُهَا كَيَدِ الرَّجُلِ قَالَتْ فَمَا تَرَكَتْ الْخِضَابَ حَتَّى لَقِيَتْ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ لَتَخْتَضِبُ وَإِنَّهَا لَابْنَةُ ثَمَانِينَ
Isnad Chain
يزيد بن هارون
محمد بن إسحاق
ضمرة بن سعيد
جدته
امرأة من نسائهم
English Translation
Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated to us, he said: Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq informed us, from Ḍamrah ibn Saʿīd, from his grandmother, from a woman among their women — and she had prayed facing both qiblahs with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ — she said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ entered upon me and said to me: Apply henna! One of you leaves off henna until her hand looks like a man's hand. She said: She did not leave off henna until she met Allāh عز وجل, and she would apply it even when she was eighty years old.
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 32, Hadith 215
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16053
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52443