Meaning behind bright orange henna beards?

[Elouera]

I live in a multicultural area and often see older men (presumably Muslim) with bright orange dyed beards, and sometimes head hair, from henna. At times it had several cm's of grey/brown regrowth.
Does this have any religous/cultural meaning? Why don't they use brown henna or something that looks vaguely natural rather than the bright orange one?

It usually means they've been on Hajj. It's bright so other people can see it and know they have been to Mecca

@Councilworker- thanks. I did wonder why they leave it to regrow out and look so obviously un-natural.

Bright orange is the natural colour of henna on white /light hair.

There’s nothing cultural or religious about it, it’s just the colour it becomes on white hair as previous post has said

@H1978- so if not for a religious/cultural reason, then why do it?

It’s not a religious ruling per se but something we believe our prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) used to do thereby it becomes an act of worship,and also in his times this was the natural way to dye hair

My mum has been using it on her hair for years and it’s considered nourishing for the hair too

Hope that makes sense

@H1978- Thanks for your reply. I find it really interesting and like learning about other cultures. If its used as a hair treatment due to the nourishing nature, why let it grow out and show how un-natural the colour is? If its nourishing, why not use it all the time, rather than have cm's of grey re-growth?

They probably don’t keep bother to keep doing it and it grows out I guess not really sure

In my community it’s not common and I don’t know anyone personally who does this but I have seen it around tbh I agree that it’s better to dye it a more natural colour or just leave it grey/white

I love learning about other cultures too

Henna is recommended in Islam as a hair/beard dye, so yes there is religious meaning attached to it.

It has nothing to do with going on Hajj. But yeah it's used instead of hair dye because it's natural and doesn't harm your hair. It just turns out orange when your actual hair is completely white/grey 😳 personally I think it looks better if the hair is left without henna and not dyed bright orange, but 🤷🏽‍♀️