 و أقول في القرآن ما جاءت به آياته فهو الكريم المنزاله و أقول قال الله جل جلاله والمصطف الهدي و لا أتأواله أسئل أسئل my beard is white and I personally like it like that however some younger brothers are strongly encouraging me to change the color of my beard is it obligatory upon me to do so الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل و جدوا لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهدي السبيل وجدوا أن محمدا عبده ورسوله صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد هدئة أو ناريشين التي يمتلون من صلى الله عليه وعلى آله يجب أن يتحفق شخصاً من تغييره their color of their gray hair or beard they are not authentic those narrations are not authentic and they are in opposition to the authentic narrations where the messenger صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وعلى آله وعلى آله legislated the changing of the color of your hair or your beard and it is recommended for the men and the women to change the color of their gray hair or beard from red or saffron and that which is the most virtuous is الحنة والكتم and to stay away from black the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said in the hadith إن اليهودة والنصارة اللي يصبغونا فخالفوهم the prophet he said the Jews and the Christians they do not change the Christians and the Jews they do not change the color of their hair or the color of their beard they leave it gray the prophet said oppose them by changing the color of either your beard or your hair change the color also the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said in the hadith إن أحسن ما غيرتو به هاد الشيبي الحنة والكتم the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said the best thing you could use to change the color of your gray hair or beard is الحنة والكتم as for the prohibition of changing it black it's in the narration where the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم أبو بكر بوتي his father to the prophet أبيقو حافة the day of يوم فتح مكر the conquest of Makar and أبيقو حافة the father of Abu Bakr sat in front of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and he greeted the prophet and the narration mentions that his beard and his hair was excessively white يعني كستغامة بيضان he is excessively white فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم the prophet then said to him غيروا هاد بشي واجتريب السوادة the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said to him change the color of your your beard and your hair change the color and stay away from black عبد الله عباس رضي الله تعالى عنهما he said that the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said يكون قوم يخطبون في آخر الزمان بالسوادي كحواصل الحمام لا يريحون رائحة الجنة the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said there is going to be a people في آخر الزمان before the hour just before the hour they are going to change the beads or the gray hair with black those people the prophet said لا يريحون أم لا يروحون رائحة الجنة they are not going to receive the fragrance of jannah the majority or a lot of the companions such as الشيخين أبي بكرن عمر they changed the gray on their beads and their hair ابن عمر رضي الله تعالى عنه the same thing and some of the companions chose to leave their beads or their hairs gray and not change the color like عليبنا بيطالبين and أبي ابن كعبين and أنا سبنو مانيك they chose to leave it and they chose not to change the color whereas أبي بكرن عمر and ابن عمر and أبي هوريرا chose to change the color and this shows us the permissibility of doing whichever of the two yes the pious predecessors they differed amongst themselves which one is more virtuous is it better to change the color or is it better to leave it the way it is but leaving of changing the color of your bead or the color of your hair your gray hair it doesn't show the actions of the Sahabas doesn't show that it's disliked all it shows is that it is not obligatory for you to have to change the color you can leave it the way it is it's not obligatory and it also doesn't negate that it's recommended all that which the action of عليم بيطالبين and أبي ابن كعبين and أنا سبنو مانيك can show is the permissibility of leaving off your gray hair or your gray bead the way الله تبارك وتعالى chose for it to be which is gray ولي ذلك الإمام النوية رحمة الله he said واختلافوا السلف في فعل الأمرين بحسب اختلافه أحواليه في ذلك مع أن الأمر والنهية في ذلك ليس للوجوب بليجمع ولي هذا لم يونقر بعضهم على بعض إنخلافه الإمام النوية رحمة الله he said the differences that we see from the highest predecessors in this action is based on their situation it's their preferences and the commands that we find that the Prophet ﷺ وقمانت أبي كوحافة أبو باكر to change the color of his bead or his hair or the prohibition that we see doesn't really show that it's obligatory for you to have to do this it doesn't it just shows recommendation ولي ذلك as some of the Sahabas who chose to change the color of their beads did not reject the action of the ones who didn't and there wasn't a quarrel between them which ever you wanted to do you could do so it's not obligatory and I stopped there إنشاء الله و تعالى و العلمة عند الله he knowledges with Allah anything which I have said that was wrong or incorrect is from me and Shaytan and Allah and his messenger are both free from it سبحانك الله و بحمده أشدو الله إله إلا الله أستغفرك و أتوب إليه if you have any questions you'd like to see answered as part of this series and you can email us at questionsatamau.org