Yellow pastry (khushkananj) for a person in ihram

Yazid bin Abi Ziyad said: Mujahid and Sa'id bin Jubayr sent word to Ata asking him about food containing saffron for a person in ihram. Ata disliked it. The two of them said: Has anyone narrated a hadith to you about this? Ata said: No. So the two of them ate the food and paid no heed to his view.

Khusayf said: I asked Mujahid and Ata about khushkananj bread and yellow khabis (a sweet dish); they both disliked it.

He (Khusayf) said: Then I asked Sa'id bin Jubayr. He said: Do you apply olive oil while you are in ihram? I said: No. He said: Do you apply ghee while you are in ihram? I said: No. He said: Indeed, khushkananj has been cooked over fire.

Jabir bin Zayd said: There is no harm in a person in ihram using yellow bread that has saffron mixed in it.

Al-Hasan did not see any harm in a person in ihram using yellow khabis and khushkananj bread when they have been prepared over fire.

Tawus and Ata did not see any harm in a person in ihram using yellow khabis, and they used to say: There is no harm in using whatever has been cooked over fire.

Tawus said: There is no harm in a person in ihram eating food that has saffron mixed in it.

Al-Hakam did not see any harm in a person in ihram using yellow khabis and bread mixed with saffron.

Al-A'mash said: It was mentioned to Ibrahim that al-Mughirah disliked a person in ihram using yellow saffron bread, and on hearing this Ibrahim was surprised at him.

Al-Aswad used to eat yellow saffron bread while in ihram.

He said: And Abu Ja'far did not see any harm in food that has saffron mixed in it.

Urwah bin al-Zubayr disliked it, and then later did not see any harm in using it.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) did not see any harm in a person in ihram using yellow saffron bread.