It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was neither very tall nor short. His palms and feet were thick and firm, his blessed head was large and his beard was thick, his complexion was white tinged with red, his joints were large, and he had a long line of hair from the chest to the navel. When he walked, he leaned slightly forward (because of his strength), as though he were descending a slope. I did not see anyone like him before him or after him. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it with these words.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the eyes of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) were tinged with red (ashkal al-'aynayn), and his blessed mouth was wide. The narrator says: I asked, what is "ashkal al-'aynayn"? The answer came (in Persian): "Badam chashm" (that is, almond-shaped eyes with streaks of red in their white). This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not laugh (heartily); rather, his laughter was only a smile. His shins were somewhat slender, and when you looked at him, you would say (because of the natural blackness and lustre of his eyes) that he had applied kohl to his eyes, although they had no kohl in them. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I saw the Seal of Prophethood on the blessed back of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and it was like a pigeon's egg. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Abu Zayd, come near me and pass your hand over my back." He said: So I came near him, passed my hand over his back, and placed my fingers on the Seal (of Prophethood) and pressed them. He was asked: What was the Seal? He said: A cluster of hair near his shoulder. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) let the hair of his forehead (nawasi) hang down for as long as Allah willed (as the People of the Book used to do), and then after that he began to part it. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Hariz bin Uthman; he said: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Busr al-Sulami (may Allah be pleased with him): Did you see the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? Was he (peace and blessings be upon him) old? He said: There were a few white hairs in his 'anfaqah (the hair below the lower lip). This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Aqil that Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Madinah while Umar bin Abd al-Aziz was its governor. He sent a messenger to Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) and said to him: Ask him, did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) use dye? For I have seen one of his hairs whose colour had changed! Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The hair of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) remained black, and if I had counted the white hairs of his head and beard, they would not have been more than eleven. And this change of colour is due to the perfume that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to put on his hair. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that in the parting of the blessed head of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) there were only a few white hairs; when he applied oil, the oil would conceal those hairs. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Rimthah (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he was wearing two green sheets. His hair had turned white, and that whiteness was red because of dye of henna. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.