Is there a contradiction between the hadith (White hair is light on the Day of Resurrection) and the hadith that commands dyeing the beard?
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The questioner : In the hadith regarding white hair being light on the Day of Resurrection, and the other hadith regarding dyeing the beard.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Do we need to mean, in them, that...
The Shaykh : Is there a contradiction between them?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The answer is that there is no contradiction at all, because the intention is not that white hair is light in the sense of preserving the white hair, but rather the intention is that when a Muslim reaches the age of graying and is a believer, it is light for him on the Day of Resurrection. Then, after that, it does not contradict -you need the chisel-
The student : He will bring it.
The Shaykh : He will bring it, and then it does not mean that when white hair appears on a Muslim, he should preserve it on the pretext that it is light, because the light has already appeared in him from the moment his hair turned white.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And the evidence for this is that the one who said that white hair is light is the one who dyed it, and we can say that he is the one who eliminated the whiteness of the gray hair by dyeing it. So we understand from his saying and his action that the intention of his saying is not to refrain from dyeing, how could it be, when first, as I mentioned earlier, he had dyed it, and second, he commanded dyeing, and that is his saying -peace and blessings be upon him-:Sunan Ibn Majah 3621Sahih (Darussalam).
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh :Sunan Ibn Majah 3621Sahih (Darussalam), this is the perspective, not...
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Ah, that is it.
The student : ... this one is long.
The Shaykh : What do you want?
The student : That’s enough, I need long screws.
The Shaykh : Look at the wedges, brother, give me some so there are screws...
The student : Short ones, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : Short ones.
The Shaykh : I did not understand.
The student : The screws are short... the wedge.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Do we need to mean, in them, that...
The Shaykh : Is there a contradiction between them?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The answer is that there is no contradiction at all, because the intention is not that white hair is light in the sense of preserving the white hair, but rather the intention is that when a Muslim reaches the age of graying and is a believer, it is light for him on the Day of Resurrection. Then, after that, it does not contradict -you need the chisel-
The student : He will bring it.
The Shaykh : He will bring it, and then it does not mean that when white hair appears on a Muslim, he should preserve it on the pretext that it is light, because the light has already appeared in him from the moment his hair turned white.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And the evidence for this is that the one who said that white hair is light is the one who dyed it, and we can say that he is the one who eliminated the whiteness of the gray hair by dyeing it. So we understand from his saying and his action that the intention of his saying is not to refrain from dyeing, how could it be, when first, as I mentioned earlier, he had dyed it, and second, he commanded dyeing, and that is his saying -peace and blessings be upon him-:
The Jews and the Christians do not dye (their hair), so differ from them.
إن اليهود والنصارى لا يصبغون فخالفوهمThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh :
The Jews and the Christians do not dye (their hair), so differ from them.
إن اليهود والنصارى لا يصبغون فخالفوهمThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Ah, that is it.
The student : ... this one is long.
The Shaykh : What do you want?
The student : That’s enough, I need long screws.
The Shaykh : Look at the wedges, brother, give me some so there are screws...
The student : Short ones, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : Short ones.
The Shaykh : I did not understand.
The student : The screws are short... the wedge.
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