Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ ضَمْرَةَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ قَالَ وَقَدْ كَانَتْ صَلَّتْ الْقِبْلَتَيْنِ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَتْ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لِي اخْتَضِبِي تَتْرُكُ إِحْدَاكُنَّ الْخِضَابَ حَتَّى تَكُونَ يَدُهَا كَيَدِ الرَّجُلِ قَالَتْ فَمَا تَرَكَتْ الْخِضَابَ حَتَّى لَقِيَتْ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ لَتَخْتَضِبُ وَإِنَّهَا لَابْنَةُ ثَمَانِينَ.
English Translation
Yazid b. Harun told us, Muhammad b. Ishaq informed us, from Damrah b. Sa'id, from his grandmother, from a woman among their women - and she had prayed toward the two qiblahs with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) - she said: I came in to the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said to me: "Dye your hands with henna - one of you leaves off the dye until her hand becomes like a man's hand." She said: So she did not leave off the dye until she met God, Mighty and Majestic, and she used to dye her hands even though she was eighty years old.