THE USE OF MUSK AND THAT IS THE BEST SCENT, AND THE DISAPPROVAL OF REJECTING THE GIFT OF SCENT AND FLOWER(SAHIH HADITH MUSLIM)
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008Chapter# 5, Book 27, Number 5598:
Abd Sa’id Khudri reported Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: There was a woman from Bani Isra’il who was short-statured and she walked in the company of two tall women with wooden sandals in her feet and a ring of gold made of plates with musk filled in them and then looked up, and musk is the best of scents; then she walked between two women and they (the people) did not recognise her, and she made a gesture with her hand like this, and Shu’ba shook his hand in order to give an indication how she shook her hand.
Book 27, Number 5599:
Abu Sa’id Khudri reported that Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) made a mention of a woman of Bana Isra’il who had filled her ring with musk and musk is the most fragrant of the scents.
Book 27, Number 5600:
Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who is presented with a flower should not reject it, for it is light to carry and pleasant in odour.
Book 27, Number 5601:
Nafi’ reported that when Ibn Umar wanted fumigation he got it from aloeswood without mixing anything with it, or he put camphor along with aloeswood and then said: This is how Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) fumigated.