What is the color of antimony kohl?
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The questioner : Shaykh, does it have colors?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does it have different colors?
The Shaykh : The one that is kohl?
The questioner : Yes, antimony.
The Shaykh : Yes, by Allah, but I was told that it is not available now; they said it is not available!
The questioner : Antimony is red.
The Shaykh : It appears that they say it is available, just as the people of Madinah say that ajwa dates are available. What are ajwa dates? They must be a type of date, perhaps from the lowest quality dates, and they call these ajwa. I was told by a shaykh from Madinah some years ago that there is only one palm tree left, and it has no branches in such-and-such a place. He showed us, yes.
The questioner : Ibn al-Qayyim says it is found in Khurasan and Tabaristan.
The Shaykh : Ibn al-Qayyim, where is this? If Ibn al-Qayyim said it was available in his time, how did it become unavailable now?
The questioner : The red-looking one is sold as antimony.
The Shaykh : Yes, but Brother Abd al-Rahman, it is counterfeiting.
The questioner : But I do not know; they say this is red.
The Shaykh : You want to, if Allah wills, take it and rely on Allah, and fill your eye with this gravel.
The questioner : Shaykh, in the hadiths.
The Shaykh : And the one who says, "We do not ask," "They anoint with oil and apply kohl, and they are in a state of doubt".
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does it have different colors?
The Shaykh : The one that is kohl?
The questioner : Yes, antimony.
The Shaykh : Yes, by Allah, but I was told that it is not available now; they said it is not available!
The questioner : Antimony is red.
The Shaykh : It appears that they say it is available, just as the people of Madinah say that ajwa dates are available. What are ajwa dates? They must be a type of date, perhaps from the lowest quality dates, and they call these ajwa. I was told by a shaykh from Madinah some years ago that there is only one palm tree left, and it has no branches in such-and-such a place. He showed us, yes.
The questioner : Ibn al-Qayyim says it is found in Khurasan and Tabaristan.
The Shaykh : Ibn al-Qayyim, where is this? If Ibn al-Qayyim said it was available in his time, how did it become unavailable now?
The questioner : The red-looking one is sold as antimony.
The Shaykh : Yes, but Brother Abd al-Rahman, it is counterfeiting.
The questioner : But I do not know; they say this is red.
The Shaykh : You want to, if Allah wills, take it and rely on Allah, and fill your eye with this gravel.
The questioner : Shaykh, in the hadiths.
The Shaykh : And the one who says, "We do not ask," "They anoint with oil and apply kohl, and they are in a state of doubt".