صحيح ابن خزيمه
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah
جماع أبواب فضائل المساجد وبنائها وتعظيمهاChapters on Virtues and Construction of Mosques
(585) بَابُ تَطْيِيبِ الْمَسَاجِدِThe chapter on perfuming mosques
Hadith 1295
نَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَهْلِ بْنِ عَسْكَرٍ ، نَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " حَتَّهَا بِيَدِهِ ، يَعْنِي النُّخَامَةَ أَوِ الْبُزَاقَ ، ثُمَّ لَطَّخَهَا بِالزَّعْفَرَانِ ، دَعَا بِهِ " . قَالَ : فَلِذَلِكَ صُنِعَ الزَّعْفَرَانُ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wiped phlegm or saliva with his blessed hand and cleaned it, then he had saffron brought and applied it over that spot. Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says, for this reason saffron is applied in mosques.
