Its chain of transmission is authentic. Al-Bayhaqī also narrated it, adding: “He had dark irises.” The phrase, “long-lashed,” is established in the hadith of Abū Hurayrah through several chains recorded by Ibn Saʿd (1/414–415). Ibn Saʿd also narrated it from Abū Umāmah. It likewise occurs in the first chain from ʿAlī recorded by Ibn Saʿd and in al-Tirmidhī’s Shamāʾil.

The second: Abū al-Ṭufayl said: “He was fair-complexioned, handsome, and of medium stature.” Muslim (7/84), al-Tirmidhī in al-Shamāʾil (p. 31), Ibn Saʿd (1/418), and al-Bayhaqī in al-Dalāʾil (1/156) narrated it. “Of medium stature” means that he was neither tall nor short, neither corpulent nor thin.

The fourth: Hind ibn Abī Hālah said: “He was majestic and held in awe ... large-headed, with wavy hair, ... radiant in complexion ... as though his neck were that of a statue ...” The hadith continues at length. Al-Tirmidhī narrated it in al-Shamāʾil (pp. 21–27), Ibn Saʿd (1/422–423), and Ibn ʿAdī in al-Kāmil (59/2), all through Jamīʿ ibn ʿUmayr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-ʿIjlī, who said: A man of Banū Tamīm, a descendant of Abū Hālah—the husband of Khadījah—whose kunyah was Abū ʿAbd Allāh, related to me from al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, from him.

I say: This chain of transmission is weak, and it has two defects. First, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Tamīmī is unknown. Ibn Ḥajar and others said: “He is unknown.” Second, this Jamīʿ ibn ʿUmayr is weak, and some scholars accused him of dishonesty.