he was wearing a red mantle, and I never saw anything more beautiful than him. Agreed upon.

Al-Bukhārī also records the report through the narration of Isrāʾīl with the wording: “I have never seen anyone among Allah’s creation, clad in a red mantle, more handsome than he, and his locks fell close to his shoulders.”

Muslim transmits it through Sufyān al-Thawrī, stating: “He had hair that brushed his shoulders,” and within the same report: “He was neither tall nor short.”

Shurayk related—through ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr, from Nāfiʿ ibn Jubayr—that ʿAlī described the Prophet ﷺ, saying: “His head was covered with abundant, wavy hair.” The chain is sound.

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī al-Zinād narrated—through Hishām, from his father, from ʿĀʾishah—that she said: “The Prophet’s hair ﷺ was longer than a wafrah but shorter than a jummah.” (A wafrah reaches the earlobes, whereas a jummah hangs to the shoulders.) Abū Dāwūd recorded it, and its chain is sound.

Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated—through Ibn Abī Najīḥ, from Mujāhid—that Umm Hānīʾ said: “When the Prophet ﷺ entered Mecca on one of his visits, he had four braids,” meaning plaits. Mujāhid did not meet Umm Hānīʾ, though some maintain he heard from her, which is possible.

Ibrāhīm ibn Saʿd reported: Ibn Shihāb narrated to us, from ʿUbaydullāh, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ liked to follow the practice of the People of the Book in matters about which he had received no command. The People of the Book would let their hair fall freely, whereas the idolaters would part theirs.”