Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَعْقُوبَ يَعْنِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ثَابِتًا الْبُنَانِيَّ وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ هَلْ سَأَلْتَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ ثَابِتٌ سَأَلْتُ أَنَسًا هَلْ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَقَدْ قَبَضَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ رَسُولَهُ وَمَا فَضَحَهُ بِالشَّيْبِ مَا كَانَ فِي رَأْسِهِ وَلِحْيَتِهِ يَوْمَ مَاتَ ثَلَاثُونَ شَعَرَةً بَيْضَاءَ وَقِيلَ لَهُ أَفَضِيحَةٌ هُوَ قَالَ أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَتَعُدُّونَهُ فَضِيحَةً وَأَمَّا نَحْنُ فَكُنَّا نَعُدُّهُ زَيْنًا.
English Translation
Abu Sa'id, client of Banu Hashim, narrated to us: Abu Ya'qub—that is, Ishaq—narrated to us, who said: I heard Thabit al-Bunani, and a man asked him: "Did you ask Anas ibn Malik?" Thabit said: "I asked Anas: 'Did you hear the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him?'" He said: "Allah, Mighty and Sublime, took His messenger, and He did not disgrace him with grayness; what was in his head and beard on the day he died was thirty white hairs." And it was said to him: "Is that a disgrace?" He said: "As for you, you consider it a disgrace, but as for us, we used to consider it an adornment."