The Black Dye and Woad

5. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from a number of his people from Ali ibn Asbat from his uncle Ya‘qub ibn Salim who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said, ‘At the time al-Husayn عليه السلام, was murdered he had applied hair dye with woad. 5 ”