Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: That a camel smeared with tar should come up against me is dearer to me than that a woman who is wearing perfume should come up against me.
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Abu al-Za'ra', whom al-Ijli and Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy), and there has been criticism about him. The rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الأدب / 13275
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ حسن
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (9751)»