Putting dust in one’s hair Mourning and putting dust in head in grief of Husayn (as) is Sunnah of our Prophet (s) It is stated in Sunan al Tirmidhi, Volume 5 page 657: Salma narrated: ‘I witnessed Umm Salma in a weeping state. I asked her as to what made her weep. Salma replied: ‘I have seen the prophet in such a state – in a dream- that his head and his beard were stained with dust. I said, ‘Oh Apostle of God, what made you like this?’. He replied: ‘I witnessed the killing of Husayn”’. A similar dream was also witnessed by Ibn Abbas as recorded in al-Mustadrak, Volume 4 page 439: Ammar said that Ibn Abbas said: ‘One afternoon I dreamt of Holy Prophet (s) standing with his hair disturbed and with dust tangled in them and he was holding a phial filled with blood. I said to the Prophet: ‘O Allah’s prophet, What are you holding?’ The Prophet (s) replied: ‘This is the blood of Hussain and his companions that I have been collecting all the day long”. They did calculation and found out that he (Hussain) was killed a day before it (the day of dream) Both Imam Hakim and Imam Dhahabi stated: ‘Sahih according to Muslim’s standards’. Albaani also authenticated this in his book Mishkat al-Masabih, Volume 3 page 347 There is anotrher version of this tradition which has been recorded by Imam Ahmed in his Musnad, Volume 1 page 424: Ammar said that Ibn Abbas said: ‘One afternoon I dreamt of Holy Prophet (s) standing with his hair disturbed and with dust tangled in them and he was holding a phial filled with blood. I said to the Prophet: “O Allah’s messenger. What are you holding?” The Prophet (s) replied: “This is the blood of Hussain and his companions that I have been collecting all the day long.” Ammar said: ‘I remembered that day, I came to know that it was the same day which he (Hussain) was killed’.
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