Sunan Abi Dawud 4208
سنن أبي داود#4208Sahihحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ إِيَادِ بْنِ لَقِيطٍ، عَنْ أَبِي رِمْثَةَ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَا وَأَبِي فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ أَوْ لأَبِيهِ " مَنْ هَذَا " . قَالَ ابْنِي . قَالَ " لاَ تَجْنِي عَلَيْهِ " . وَكَانَ قَدْ لَطَخَ لِحْيَتَهُ بِالْحِنَّاءِ .
Narrated AbuRimthah: I and my father came to the Prophet (ﷺ). He said to a man or to my father: Who is this? He replied: He is my son. He said: Do not commit a crime on him. He had stained his beard with henna
Scholarly Authentication
The label above is the grade most of these scholars gave — one dissenting opinion no longer speaks for all of them. If any scholar calls a narration fabricated, that verdict is shown instead, whatever the others say. Each scholar's own wording:
In-book reference: 35:50