In a wording by Muslim: "I perfumed him with the best of perfume." And she said: "With perfume containing musk." In a wording by al-Nasa'i: "It is as if I am looking at the sheen of the musk perfume in the parting of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)." Their hadith, in some of its wordings, states: "He was wearing a jubbah that had traces of khaluq (perfume) on it," recorded by Muslim. In some versions: "He was smeared with khaluq." In others: "On him was a smudge of saffron." These wordings indicate that the man's perfume was saffron, which is forbidden for men outside of ihram, and therefore even more so during it. Al-Bukhari has reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade a man from using saffron. Furthermore, their hadith dates to the year eight, while our hadith dates to the year ten. Ibn Jurayj said: "The case of the owner of the jubbah was before the Farewell Hajj." Ibn 'Abd al-Barr said: "There is no disagreement among the group of scholars of history and reports that the story of the owner of the jubbah occurred in the year of Hunayn, at al-Ji'ranah in the year eight, and the hadith of 'Aishah was during the Farewell Hajj in the year ten. Therefore, if a contradiction is presumed, our hadith is abrogating to theirs." If it is said: "Muhammad ibn al-Muntasir narrated that he asked Ibn 'Umar about perfume when entering ihram, and he said: 'For me to be smeared with tar'
= Hajj, from the Book of Hajj. Al-Muwatta 1/328. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 6/39, 98, 107, 109, 124, 128, 130, 162, 173, 175, 181, 186, 191, 192, 200, 207, 209, 212, 214, 216, 224, 230, 237, 238, 244, 245, 250, 254, 258, 264, 267, 280. (8) Khaluq: A type of perfume, the main component of which is saffron. (9) Rad': A smudge of saffron in various places. (10) In: The Chapter on the use of saffron for men, from the Book of Clothing. Sahih al-Bukhari 7/197. It was also recorded by Muslim, in: The Chapter on the prohibition for men to use saffron, from the Book of Clothing. Sahih Muslim 3/1662, 1663. Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on khaluq for men, from the Book of Grooming. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/398. Al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on what is narrated regarding the dislike of saffron and khaluq for men, from the Chapters on Manners. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 10/257. Al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on saffron for the muhrim, from the Book of Hajj, and in: The Chapter on the use of saffron, from the Book of Adornment. Al-Mujtaba 5/109, 110, 8/165. (11) Omitted from [MSS] A, B. (12) In [MSS] B, M: "sami'tu" (I heard). (13) In [MSS] B, M: an addition of "yanha" (forbidding).
