English narration
Narrated by أنس بن مالك الأنصاري
Anas bin Malik said, "The head of Al-Husain was brought to 'Ubaidullah bin Ziyad and was put in a tray, and then Ibn Ziyad started playing with a stick at the nose and mouth of Al-Husain's head and saying something about his handsome features." Anas then said (to him), "Al-Husain resembled the Prophet more than the others did." Anas added, "His (i.e. Al-Husain's) hair was dyed with Wasma (i.e. a kind of plant used as a dye).
النص العربي
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، أُتِيَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ، بِرَأْسِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام فَجُعِلَ فِي طَسْتٍ فَجَعَلَ يَنْكُتُ ، وَقَالَ : فِي حُسْنِهِ شَيْئًا ، فَقَالَ أَنَسٌ : "
كَانَ أَشْبَهَهُمْ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَكَانَ مَخْضُوبًا بِالْوَسْمَةِ
" .