LessonsCompanionship, Trust, Mosque Etiquette, Detachment, and Workers’ Rights (Hadith 146–153)Quiz

لَا تَنْتِفُوا الشَّيْبَ فَإِنَّهُ نُورُ الْمُسْلِمِ
Do not pluck out grey hair, for it is a light for the Muslim.

Source: أبو داود

لَا تَنْتِفُوا means “do not pluck,” a plural prohibition. الشَّيْبَ means grey or white hair. فَإِنَّهُ means “for indeed it,” and نُورُ الْمُسْلِمِ describes it as a light for the Muslim.

Grey hair can mark the passage of life and should not be treated as a source of shame or contempt. The statement encourages dignity and respectful attitudes toward aging. “Light” here conveys an honorable, meaningful quality, not an instruction to demean someone whose hair has not turned grey.

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Hadith 150: Respecting the signs of age

Companionship, Trust, Mosque Etiquette, Detachment, and Workers’ Rights (Hadith 146–153)

لَا تَنْتِفُوا الشَّيْبَ فَإِنَّهُ نُورُ الْمُسْلِمِ
Do not pluck out grey hair, for it is a light for the Muslim.

Source: أبو داود

لَا تَنْتِفُوا means “do not pluck,” a plural prohibition. الشَّيْبَ means grey or white hair. فَإِنَّهُ means “for indeed it,” and نُورُ الْمُسْلِمِ describes it as a light for the Muslim.

Grey hair can mark the passage of life and should not be treated as a source of shame or contempt. The statement encourages dignity and respectful attitudes toward aging. “Light” here conveys an honorable, meaningful quality, not an instruction to demean someone whose hair has not turned grey.