Volume 9, Book 92, Number 425:
Narrated Muhammad:
We were with Abu Huraira while he was wearing two linen garments dyed with red clay. He
cleaned his nose with his garment, saying, “Bravo! Bravo! Abu Huraira is cleaning his nose with lin –
en! There came a time when I would fall senseless between the pulpit of Allah’s Apostle and ‘Aisha’s
dwelling whereupon a passerby would come and put his foot on my neck, considering me a mad
man, but in fact, I had no madness, I suffered nothing but hunger.”
Volume 5, Book 57, Number 91:
Narrated Muhammad:
Anas bin Malik said, “The head of Al-Husain was brought to ‘Ubaidullah bin Ziyad and was put in
a tray, and then Ibn Ziyad started playing with a stick at the nose and mouth of Al-Husain’s head
and saying something about his handsome features.” Anas then said (to him), “Al-Husain resembled
the Prophet more than the others did.” Anas added, “His (i.e. Al-Husain’s) hair was dyed with Wasma
(i.e. a kind of plant used as a dye).”
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 349:
Narrated Muhammad:
Um ‘Atiyya said, “One of the daughters of the Prophet died and he came out and said, ‘Wash her
three or five times or more, if you think it necessary, with water and Sidr, and last of all put camphor
(or some camphor) and when you finish, inform me.’ ” Um Atiyya added, “When we finished we in –
formed him and he gave us his waist-sheet and said, ‘Shroud her in it.’ ” And Um ‘Atiyya (in another
narration) added, “The Prophet said, ‘Wash her three, five or seven times or more, if you think it ne –
cessary.’ ” Hafsa said that Um ‘Atiyya had also said, “We entwined her hair into three braids.”
Volume 2, Book 15, Number 91:
Narrated Muhammad:
Um ‘Atiyya said: “Our Prophet ordered us to come out (on ‘Id day) with the mature girls and the
virgins staying in seclusion.” Hafsa narrated the above mentioned Hadith and added, “The mature
girls or virgins staying in seclusion but the menstruating women had to keep away from the Mus –
alla.”