`Uthman bin `Abdullah bin Mauhab said, "My people sent me with a bowl of water to Um Salama."Isra'il approximated three fingers ('indicating the small size of the container in which there was somehair of the Prophet. `Uthman added, "If any person suffered from evil eye or some other disease, hewould send a vessel (containing water) to Um Salama. I looked into the container (that held the hairof the Prophet) and saw a few red hairs in it,"