I said: This isnād is weak. Ṣāliḥ ibn Abī al-Akhdar was described by al-Ḥāfiẓ as "weak, but considered." I said: The ḥadīth has been reported separately from a group of Companions: the first is Anas ibn Mālik who said: "The hair of the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) was straight, neither smooth nor curly, between his ears and shoulders." It was recorded by al-Bukhārī (4/97), Muslim (7/83), and Aḥmad (3/135 and 203) from Qatādah from him. He was followed by Rabīʿah ibn Abī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān who said: I heard Anas ibn Mālik describing the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam): "He was of medium height among the people, neither tall nor short, with a radiant complexion, neither extremely white nor dark, neither curly nor straight-haired..." the ḥadīth. It was recorded by al-Bukhārī (2/391-392), Muslim (7/87), al-Tirmidhī in "al-Shamāʾil" (pp. 8-10), al-Bayhaqī in "Dalāʾil al-Nubuwwah" (3/154-155), and Aḥmad (3/240), with the addition being his. (Amahq): meaning extremely white, thus he (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) was white but not extremely white. The second is ʿAlī (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) who said: "He was neither excessively tall nor short, but of medium height among the people... he had curly straight hair... a complexion imbued with whiteness..." the ḥadīth. It was recorded by al-Tirmidhī (2/286-287) and in "al-Shamāʾil" (pp. 17-19), and by Ibn Saʿd (1/411). Al-Tirmidhī said: "A ḥasan gharīb ḥadīth, its isnād is not connected." I said: It has multiple paths in Ibn Saʿd, in some of which: