Written: Tue Sep 14, 2004 3:45 pm
A couple years ago, I went to Gedung at Sri Serdang for a quick lunch. While eating my lunch, I saw a yellow haired old man who sat across a few tables away, waved his hand and smiled at me. He was persistent. "Ish siapa pula Punk tua rambut kuning itu?" I told myself. After 20 minutes, I began to recognize this old punk. He is Dayang's husband (Dayang is our faculty typist).
I quickly went to his table to apologise for not recognizing him quick enough. "Sorrylah tak kenal tadi. Rambut hang kuning. Puas aku nak mengenal siapa punk ni!" He blamed his wife's hair dye. "Elok brown on her. Tapi jadi kuning kat rambut aku! Nasib badan!"
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A couple of months later, I saw this hadith:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
When a man who had dyed himself with henna passed by the Prophet peace_be_upon_him), he said: How fine this is! When another man who had dyed himself with henna and katam passed by, he said: This is better than that. Then another man who had dyed himself with yellow dye, passed by, he said: This is better than all those. (Riwayat Abu Daud 33:4199)
If Dayang's husband had stumbled across this hadith, he could have answered "Inilah warna dye rambut yang terbaik ikut sunnah!"
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Two weeks ago, I "balik kampung". My brother passed me a remark. "Puhhh… rambut belakang hang dah penuh uban!" I said "Ye ke? This is the second time someone told me about it!" My young female colleague was the first person to tell me about it six month ago.
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Today I came across this hadith:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "The Jews and the Christians do not dye (their grey hair), so you shall do the opposite of what they do (i.e. dye your grey hair and beards)." (Bukhari 4:56:668).
Nampaknya probably it is about time for me to dye my hair blonde or light brown as uban nampaknya dah mula mercup on my misai! Belum terbuka hati nak pakai kuning dan hitam pula tidak digalakkan.
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Abu Qubafa was led (to the andience of the Holy Prophet) on the day of the Conquest of Mecca and his head and beard were white like hyssop, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Change it with something but avoid black. (Muslim 024: 5244)
Care to join me? Yang peliknya the westerners yang telah menglamor dan mengkomersilkan sunah!
