What is meant by *khaluq* in the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “Three things the angels do not approach:”
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The questioner : This is a question that is possible, but it is short, meaning it does not require [much]. I was reading in *Al-Raghayib wa al-Rahib*.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner, and after I looked into the meaning of *khaluq*, I found that I have a bottle that one of the brothers gave me as a gift, mixed with amber and saffron. Is this the *khaluq*, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, but the *khaluq* intended here is a perfume that women use to perfume themselves and which dyes [the skin], so there would be imitating the women. And I do not think the type that was given to you is the type that dyes; is that not so?
The questioner : Its color is orange, but I mean, do you intend that if you put it on cloth, it dyes it?
The Shaykh : Yes, but when you perfume yourself with it, does it dye?
The questioner : No, a small drop, and I rub it on my finger and put it on my beard.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Only?
The Shaykh : I do not think there is any prohibition in it.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner
Three things the angels do not approach: the corpse of a disbeliever, the one in a state of major ritual impurity until he performs ablution, and the one who has anointed himself with *khaluq*
ثلاثة لا تقربهم الملائكة : جيفة الكافر ، والجنب حتى يتوضأ ، والمتضمِّخ بالخلوقThe Shaykh : Yes, but the *khaluq* intended here is a perfume that women use to perfume themselves and which dyes [the skin], so there would be imitating the women. And I do not think the type that was given to you is the type that dyes; is that not so?
The questioner : Its color is orange, but I mean, do you intend that if you put it on cloth, it dyes it?
The Shaykh : Yes, but when you perfume yourself with it, does it dye?
The questioner : No, a small drop, and I rub it on my finger and put it on my beard.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Only?
The Shaykh : I do not think there is any prohibition in it.
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