Explanation of the Book of Clothing-05b
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The reciter: Musaddad narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Warith narrated to us from Abd al-Aziz from Anas, who said: Riyad as-Salihin 1798.
The Shaykh : Using saffron means that a person rubs saffron on himself. Saffron is well known; it has both a color and a scent. Is the prohibition due to the color, or due to the scent, or due to both?
The questioner : ... the first one.
The Shaykh : It appears that it is due to both, and for this reason the author followed this chapter with a chapter he will mention: the chapter on the saffron-dyed garment.
So we say: Saffron has a scent and a color, and it is not fitting for a man to perfume himself with something that has both a scent and a color. Yes, a man should perfume himself with what its scent is prominent, and a woman is the opposite, with what its color is prominent. As for the man, it is with what its scent is prominent, as the scholars said. Therefore, we say that a person rubbing saffron on his body is forbidden, but does this include if he uses saffron only on his hand, for example? If he uses saffron on his hand? It appears that if he intends it, it falls under the prohibition. But if he does not intend it, as in the case of a person who works with saffron, a saffron worker, it is known that his hands will have some of its color on them. This does not harm because it is not intended.
Now, if someone were to say: Did not Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf say:Sunan an-Nasa'i 2036 meaning a stain of saffron? The answer is that this may have been from his wife. For this reason, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him if he had married, which indicates that it was the custom for women to use saffron in their time, and a man on his first night might get some of the effect of this saffron on him. Now, does this include this? Is this general? Meaning that a man uses saffron in the state of ihram and outside of it? The answer is: Yes, the apparent meaning of the hadith is general; it is forbidden whether in the state of ihram or otherwise. This is because using saffron in the state of ihram includes both men and women, so it is not permissible for a man to use saffron after entering the state of ihram, nor for a woman to use saffron. Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes. Yes, Abd al-Wahhab. What was your question?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The chapter before it, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It relates to images, so it was ... .
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : This, O Shaykh, you did not explain.
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : The statement of al-Zuhri ... the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ... .
Another questioner: In it ... .
The Shaykh : I do not have it. The chapter on what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wear in terms of clothing and carpets. Sulayman ibn Harb narrated to us.
The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited men from wearing saffron-dyed clothes
نهى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلّم أن يتزعفر الرجالThe Shaykh : Using saffron means that a person rubs saffron on himself. Saffron is well known; it has both a color and a scent. Is the prohibition due to the color, or due to the scent, or due to both?
The questioner : ... the first one.
The Shaykh : It appears that it is due to both, and for this reason the author followed this chapter with a chapter he will mention: the chapter on the saffron-dyed garment.
So we say: Saffron has a scent and a color, and it is not fitting for a man to perfume himself with something that has both a scent and a color. Yes, a man should perfume himself with what its scent is prominent, and a woman is the opposite, with what its color is prominent. As for the man, it is with what its scent is prominent, as the scholars said. Therefore, we say that a person rubbing saffron on his body is forbidden, but does this include if he uses saffron only on his hand, for example? If he uses saffron on his hand? It appears that if he intends it, it falls under the prohibition. But if he does not intend it, as in the case of a person who works with saffron, a saffron worker, it is known that his hands will have some of its color on them. This does not harm because it is not intended.
Now, if someone were to say: Did not Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf say:
I went to the Prophet
أتيت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلّم وفيه ردع من زعفرانThe questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes. Yes, Abd al-Wahhab. What was your question?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The chapter before it, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It relates to images, so it was ... .
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : This, O Shaykh, you did not explain.
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : The statement of al-Zuhri ... the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ... .
Another questioner: In it ... .
The Shaykh : I do not have it. The chapter on what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wear in terms of clothing and carpets. Sulayman ibn Harb narrated to us.