APPLYING OF PERFUME TO THE BODY BEFORE ENTERING UPON THE STATE OF IHRAM(SAHIH HADITH MUSLIM)
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Chapter# 6, Book 7, Number 2680:
‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: I applied perfume to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) before he entered upon the state of lhram and (concluding) before circumambulating the (sacred) House.
Book 7, Number 2681:
‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her), the wife of the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him), reported: I applied perfume to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) with my own hand before he entered upon the state of Ihram, and as he concluded it before-circumambulating the House (for Tawaf-i-lfada).
Book 7, Number 2682:
‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: I used to apply perfume to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) before his entering upon the state of Ihram and at the conclusion of it, before circumambulating the House (for Tawf-i- Ifada).
Book 7, Number 2683:
‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) said: I applied perfume to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) as he became free from Ihram and as he entered upon it.
Book 7, Number 2684:
‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) said: I applied perfume of Dharira to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) with my hand (on the occasion of) the Farewell Pilgrimage on freeing from the state of Ihram and entering upon it.
Book 7, Number 2685:
‘Uthman b. ‘Urwa reported on the authority of his father that he said: I asked ‘A’isha with what thing she perfumed the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) at the time of entering upon the state of Ihram. She said: With the best of perfume.
Book 7, Number 2686:
‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: I applied the best perfume, which I could get, to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) before entering upon the state of Ihram (and after this) he put on the Ihram.
Book 7, Number 2687:
‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: I applied the best available perfume I could find to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) before he entered upon the state of Ihram and after he was free from it.
Book 7, Number 2688:
‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: I still seem to see the glisten- ing of the perfume where the hair parted on Allah’s Messenger’s (may peace be upon him) head as he was in the state of Ihram, and Khalaf (one of the narrators) did not say: As he was in the state of Ihram, but said: That was the perfume of Ihram.
Book 7, Number 2689:
‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: I still seem to see the glisten- ing of the perfume where the hair parted on Allah’s Messenger’s (may peace be upon him) head and he was free from Ihram.
Book 7, Number 2690:
‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: I still seem to see the glisten- ing of the perfume where the hair parted on Allah’s Messenger’s (may peace be upon him) head, while he was pronouncing Talbiya.
Book 7, Number 2691:
‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: I still seem to see; the rest of the hadith is the same.
Book 7, Number 2692:
‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) said: I still seem to see the glistening of the perfume where the hair was parted on Allah’s Messeinger’s (may peace be upon him) head while he was in the state of Ihram.
Book 7, Number 2693:
‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: I still seem to perceive the glistening of perfume where the hair was parted on Allah’s Messenger’s (may peace be upon him) head as he was in the state of Ihram.
Book 7, Number 2694:
‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that when the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) intended to enter upon the state of Ihram he perfumed himself with the best of perfumes which he could find and after that I saw the glisten- ing of oil on his head and beard.
Book 7, Number 2695:
‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: I still seem to see the glisten- ing of musk (in the parting of the head) of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) while he was in the state of Ihram.
Book 7, Number 2696:
This hadith has been narrated by ‘Ubaidullah with the same chain of trans- mitters.
Book 7, Number 2697:
‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: I used to perfume the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) with a perfume containing musk before entering upon the state of Ihram and on the day of sacrifice (10th of Dhu’l-Hijja) and (at the conclusion of Ihram) before circumambulating the House (for Tawaf-i-Ifada).
Book 7, Number 2698:
Muhammad b. al-Muntashir reported on the authority of his father: I asked ‘Abdullah b. ‘Umar (Allah be pleased with them) about a person who applied perfume and then (on the following) morning entered upon the state of lhram. There- upon he said: I do not like to enter upon the state of Ihram shaking off the perfume. Rubbing of tar (upon my body) is dearer to me than doing this (i. e. the applying of perfume), I went to ‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) and told her that Ibn ‘Umar stated:” I do not like to enter upon the state of Ihram shaking off the perfume. Rubbing of tar (upon my body) is dearer to me than doing it (the applying of perfume).” Thereupon ‘A’isha said: I applied perfume to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) at the time of his entering upon the state of Ihram. He then went round his wives and then put on Ihram in the morning.
Book 7, Number 2699:
‘A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: I used to apply perfume to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). He then went round his wives, and entered upon the state of Ihram in the morning and the perfume was shaken off.
Book 7, Number 2700:
Muhammad b. al-Muntashir reported on the authority of his father: I heard from Ibn ‘mar having said this:” It is dearer to me to rub tar (on my body) than to enter upon the state of Ihram (in a state) of shaking off the perfume.” He (the narrator) said: I went to ‘A’isha and told her about this statement of his (of Ibn ‘Umar). Thereupon she said: I applied perfume to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) and he then went round his wives and then entered upon the state of Ihram in the morning.