What is your opinion regarding 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) attributing the wearing of saffron to it being the dress of the disbelievers?

The questioner : The Shaykh mentioned that Ibn Hajar narrated the hadith ... The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the use of saffron and mentioned the reason, saying that it is the dress of the disbelievers.

The Shaykh : About what?

The questioner : He forbade wearing saffron.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : He attributed the reason to 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr, saying that it is from the dress of the disbelievers.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : ... from this reason, such as it being yellow, or the color, or the scent.

The Shaykh : Yes. This reason ceases to apply if the disbelievers no longer wear it, or if it has become widespread among both Muslims and disbelievers.

The questioner : Well, according to this opinion ... ..

The Shaykh : And this is what led some scholars to permit it, because they say that the imitation has ceased now.

The questioner : Well, Shaykh ... what about the color inside the clothes, even if it is not saffron?

The Shaykh : No, no, he meant another hadith, in the hadith of 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As, not this issue.

The questioner : Saffron.

The Shaykh : Yes? Saffron, yes, it has no scent. Yes.