give the water to the ailing person to drink. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـهِ Allah Almighty would grant the patient cure through this blessed water.”^[1]

Honour of viewing the blessed hair

Sayyidunā ꜤUthmān b. ꜤAbdullāh رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ mentions that there were strands of the blessed Prophetic hair with the Mother of the believers, Sayyidatuna Umm Salamah رَضِیَ اللہُ عَنْہا. They were respectfully kept in a silver container. If any person suffered from evil eye, he would be sent to her. She would bring out the strands of hair, dip them in the water and give the water for the ailing person to drink by which he would attain cure. He says that he too was sent by his family on one occasion, and commented, “I looked into the container and saw some red strands of hair.”^[2]

Mufti Aḥmad Yār Khan NaꜤīmī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه writes below this Hadith:

The redness in these strands was not from henna, rather those blessed hairs had been placed in perfume and the red colour was the hue of that perfume. Several points can be extracted from this narration: 1) The noble Companions عَـلَيْهِمُ الرِّضْوَانْ would keep the blessed Prophetic hair in their homes for blessings. 2) They would treat the blessed hair with utmost respect by placing it in special boxes with perfume. 3) The noble Companions عَـلَيْهِمُ الرِّضْوَانْ believed the blessed hairs repelled calamities and provided cure, so they would dip them in water and drink that water for this purpose.^[3]