كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ وَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ وَ أَبِي حَسَّانَ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ عَلْقَمَةُ مُخْتَضِبٌ بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَ الْحَارِثُ مُخْتَضِبٌ بِالْوَسِمَةِ وَ أَبُو حَسَّانَ لَا يَخْتَضِبُ فَقَالَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ مَا تَرَى فِي هَذَا رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ وَ أَشَارَ إِلَى لِحْيَتِهِ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) مَا أَحْسَنَهُ قَالُوا كَانَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) مُخْتَضِباً بِالْوَسْمَةِ قَالَ نَعَمْ ذَلِكَ حِينَ تَزَوَّجَ الثَّقَفِيَّةَ أَخَذَتْهُ جَوَارِيهَا فَخَضَبْنَهُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Sayf Bin Ameyra, from Abu Bakr Al Hazramy who said, ‘I was with Abu Alqama and Al-Haris Bin Al-Mugheira, and Abu Hassan in the presence of Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, and Alqama had dyed with the henna, and Al-Haris had dyed with the black (dye), and Abu Hassan had not dyed. So each man from them said, ‘What is your<sup>asws</sup> view with regards to this, may Allah<sup>azwj</sup> have Mercy on you<sup>asws</sup>’, and gestured towards his own beard. So Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘How wonderful’. They said, ‘Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> used to dye with the woad (a dye plant)?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘When he<sup>asws</sup> married the Saqafiyya, her slave girl took it, so she dye it upon him<sup>asws</sup>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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