252- وَ رَوَى حَنَانُ بْنُ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَ أَبِي وَ جَدِّي وَ عَمِّي حَمَّاماً فِي اَلْمَدِينَةِ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ فِي بَيْتِ اَلْمَسْلَخِ فَقَالَ لَنَا مِمَّنِ اَلْقَوْمُ فَقُلْنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ اَلْعِرَاقِ فَقَالَ وَ أَيُّ اَلْعِرَاقِ فَقُلْنَا اَلْكُوفِيُّونَ فَقَالَ «مَرْحَباً بِكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ اَلْكُوفَةِ وَ أَهْلاً أَنْتُمُ اَلشِّعَارُ دُونَ اَلدِّثَارِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «وَ مَا يَمْنَعُكُمْ مِنَ اَلْإِزَارِ » فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ «عَوْرَةُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِ عَلَى اَلْمُؤْمِنِ حَرَامٌ» قَالَ فَبَعَثَ عَمِّي إِلَى كِرْبَاسَةٍ فَشَقَّهَا بِأَرْبَعَةٍ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا وَاحِداً ثُمَّ دَخَلْنَا فِيهَا فَلَمَّا كُنَّا فِي اَلْبَيْتِ اَلْحَارِّ صَمَدَ لِجَدِّي فَقَالَ «يَا كَهْلُ مَا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنَ اَلْخِضَابِ» فَقَالَ لَهُ جَدِّي أَدْرَكْتُ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي وَ مِنْكَ لاَ يَخْتَضِبُ فَقَالَ «وَ مَنْ ذَاكَ اَلَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي» فَقَالَ أَدْرَكْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ لاَ يَخْتَضِبُ فَنَكَسَ رَأْسَهُ وَ تَصَابَّ عَرَقاً وَقَالَ «صَدَقْتَ وَ بَرِرْتَ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا كَهْلُ إِنْ تَخْتَضِبْ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَدْ خَضَبَ وَ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ إِنْ تَتْرُكْ فَلَكَ بِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أُسْوَةٌ» قَالَ فَلَمَّا خَرَجْنَا مِنَ اَلْحَمَّامِ سَأَلْنَا عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ فِي اَلْمَسْلَخِ فَإِذَا هُوَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحُسَيْنِ وَ مَعَهُ اِبْنُهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ.
Hadith.252 - Hanan ibn Sudayr narrated from his father:
He said: 'I entered a bathhouse in Medina with my father, grandfather, and uncle. There was a man in the changing room.’
Imam 
said: ”Where are you people from?" We replied: ”From the people of Al-Iraq” .
Imam said: ”Which part of Al-Iraq?” We replied: ”From Al-Kufa”.
Imam said: ”Welcome, O’ people of Kufa, you are the closest to us.”
Then He said: ”Why are you not wearing a covering (waistcloth)? For Messenger of Allah ﷺ has said that 'The private parts of a believer are forbidden for another believer to see.'"
My uncle then sent for a piece of cloth, cut it into four pieces, and each of us took one before we entered (bathhouse).
When we entered into the warm room (of bathhouse), the man turned to my grandfather and said: "O’ elderly man, why do you not use henna (dye)?"
My grandfather said: "I have seen someone better than you and me who did not use it."
Imam said: "And Who is better than me?"
My grandfather replied: “I saw (Imam ) Ali ibn Abi Talib and he did not dye his hair."
He lowered his head and sweat fell from him, and said: “You have spoken truth and sincere.
Then Imam said: "O’ elderly man, if you dye your hair, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ also dyed his hair, and He ﷺ is better than (Imam ) Ali. And if you choose not to dye, then you have Sunnah of (Imam ) Ali as an example."
When we left the bathhouse, we asked about the man in the room, and it was told they are Imam Ali ibn Al-Hussain , with his son Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir .”
