Chapter: His Comb, Kohl-case, Mirror, Cup, and Other Personal Effects

Abu Nuʿaym reported: Mandil narrated to us, from Thawr ibn Yazīd, from Khālid ibn Maʿdān, who said, “When the Prophet ﷺ travelled, he kept with him a comb, a mirror, a small bottle of oil, a siwāk, and kohl.” (Mursal)

Ibn ʿAbbās said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had a kohl-case and, before sleeping, he would apply it three times to each eye.”

Hibbān ibn ʿAlī narrated, from Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Abī Rāfiʿ, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would use ithmid (antimony kohl) while fasting. Its chain is weak.

Al-Zuhrī related, from ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh, that al-Muqawqis sent the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a glass cup from which he used to drink.

Humayd said, “I saw the Prophet’s cup with Anas; it had been bound with a silver band.” (Authentic)

ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal said, “I saw the Prophet’s cup with Anas; it had cracked, so he fastened it with silver.”

ʿĀṣim added, “It was a fine, wide cup made of nadar, a type of wood.” Anas remarked, “I have given the Messenger of Allah ﷺ drink from this cup more times than I can count.” He said, “And Ibn …”