What is meant by the pleasant scent of a woman mentioned in the hadith: “The fragrance of men is that which is apparent in its scent and hidden in its color, and the fragrance of women is that which is apparent in its color and hidden in its scent”?
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The questioner: In the well-known hadith, which is regarding the fragrance of a man
The Shaykh: What is the number of this question?
The questioner: This question is one, two, three, this is the fourth now
The Shaykh: I asked the fourth
The questioner: Yes
The Shaykh: Why are you forbidding me? It is clear to you
The questioner: But that one was about riba (usury or interest) and the hadith about the wali (guardian) and the third was about 'Umrah (the lesser pilgrimage)
The Shaykh: Okay
The questioner: The fourth, which is as is well known in the authentic hadith:
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner :
The Shaykh: Yes
The questioner: Okay, you say how does a woman use this fragrance? Do you not know that it has a color and no scent?
The Shaykh: It is henna
The questioner: Ah, the intention is that it is henna, meaning
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: If it appears on her and non-mahram men see it, is there nothing wrong with it?
The Shaykh: Yes, of course, what will appear to people?
The questioner: Yes
The Shaykh: What will women show to people? The hands and that is all
The questioner: And that is all, yes, henna is what is intended
The Shaykh: But in front of women, the matter is easy
The questioner: Yes, that is right
The Shaykh: What is the number of this question?
The questioner: This question is one, two, three, this is the fourth now
The Shaykh: I asked the fourth
The questioner: Yes
The Shaykh: Why are you forbidding me? It is clear to you
The questioner: But that one was about riba (usury or interest) and the hadith about the wali (guardian) and the third was about 'Umrah (the lesser pilgrimage)
The Shaykh: Okay
The questioner: The fourth, which is as is well known in the authentic hadith:
That the fragrance of a man has a scent but no color
إنه طيب الرجل له رائحة ما له لونThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner :
The opposite of a woman
بعكس المرأةThe Shaykh: Yes
The questioner: Okay, you say how does a woman use this fragrance? Do you not know that it has a color and no scent?
The Shaykh: It is henna
The questioner: Ah, the intention is that it is henna, meaning
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: If it appears on her and non-mahram men see it, is there nothing wrong with it?
The Shaykh: Yes, of course, what will appear to people?
The questioner: Yes
The Shaykh: What will women show to people? The hands and that is all
The questioner: And that is all, yes, henna is what is intended
The Shaykh: But in front of women, the matter is easy
The questioner: Yes, that is right
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