Most Muhadditheen support the view that the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam never applied any type of khidab. In substantiation of this view the following Ahadith are adduced:- "Hadhrat Anas (RA) narrates that the Holy Prophet (sallalahu alaihi Wassallam) never applied khidab. The barely noticeable strands of white hair did not necessitate the application of khidab. In another narration Hadhrat Anas (RA) narrates:- "The Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam refrained from applying any type of khidab. He developed only a few strands of white hair on his chin, temples and head. Nothing more." Similarly another narration states:- "The Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam had so few strands of white hair that the application of oil rendered them invisible." The scholars have stated that he barely had seventeen, eighteen or twenty - according to varying views - strands of white hair. According to certain jurists and Muhadditheen, the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam used yellow or red khidab i.e. mehendi khidab or khidab compounded with mehendi and oil. As narrated in Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawood and Nasai that Hadhrat Abdullah bin Umar (RA) states:- "The Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was disposed to apply yellow khidab made up of wars (a yellow plant) and saffron onto his beard." Similarly, Bukhari and Muslim narrate from Hadhrat Abdullah bin Umar (RA) that he saw the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam using yellow dye or saffron. Tirmizi reports from Hadhrat Abu Rimsah (RA) that he saw the white hair of the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam had been dyed red. Similarly, another Hadith narrated by Abu Rimsah (RA) appears in Ibne-Majah which makes mention of the Holy Prophet's sallallahu alaihi wasalam white hair being dyed red with mehendi.           

Ibne Jawzi states in Al-wafa on the authority of Hadhrat Abu Rimsah (RA) that the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasalam was inclined to apply khidab compounded with mehendi and oil. Bukhari narrates from Hadhrat Uthman bin Abdullah bin Musab (RA). He says:- "When I paid Hadhrat Umme Salimah (RA) a visit, she honoured me by displaying before me a strand of dyed hair of the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam." In the very same narration reported by ibne Majah and Musnad Imam Ahmad, khidab compounded with mehendi and oil is cited. According to Shamail, Hadhrat Anas (RA) narrates that he saw the hair of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam which was dyed. It transpires from the aforementioned Ahadith that the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam sometimes used red and sometimes yellow or bluish shades of khidab. To sum it up, two apparently contradictory narrations - of applying and refraining from hair-dyes - have been transcribed. In response to the above contradiction, Imam Naw'wi (RA) states that the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam applied khidab very rarely as this fact is manifest from the narration of ibne-Umar (RA) related in Bukhari and Muslim. Also, the Hadith related by him is accepted (maqbool) by the Muhadditheen and it cannot be interpreted differently.

NOTE :- Most people's hair generally turns white by the time they reach the age reached by the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. However, he did not undergo the whitening of his hair. One underlying reason for this - as stated by the Muhadditheen - is that women tend to have an aversion towards white hair and aversion towards any attribute of the Prophet (Sallalahu alaihi wassallam) is tantamount to kufr (rejection). Hence, to prevent such a contingency his hair did not turn white. Shaikh Abdul Haq Mahadith Dehlawi, in explanation of the above wisdom states: - "Without a shadow of doubt, youth, aptitude, intrinsic ascendancy and awe are attributes of such perfection - in terms of intimidating the enemy - that they play a prominent role in exposing the grandeur of Islam and they serve to fortify the religion itself. Particularly in the blessed epoch of the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam when Jihad in the path of Allah and war with the infidels was commonplace. The far-reaching wisdom of Allah sought to deliver the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam from the whitening of the hair which is generally reckoned to be a sign of weakness and senility. The Holy Prophet's sallallahu alaihi wa sallam edict issued to the Sahabah (RA) in favor of applying khidab was based on the same expediency i.e. they would appear young and powerful. As for the few strands of his (the Prophet's Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam) hair which had turned white, this was due to the intense fear and dread of Allah. As the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam states in his own words: - "The surah Hood, Waqia'at, Mursalat, Amma and Shams have rendered me old." However, the whitening of a few strands did little to bring about any transformation in his youthful appearance. In short, white hair is a source of noor (refulgence) and prestige (waqar). With intent to practically demonstrate its permissibility, he himself applied dye to his hair. On the basis of the afore-mentioned distinctive expediency, the application of khidab is not in conflict with white hair being a source of noor and refulgence.