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Bayhaqi 8968 — Perfume for ihram

أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي، أنبأ أَبُو سَهْلِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الْقَطَّانُ، ثنا أَبُو يَحْيَى الدَّيْرَعَاقُولِيُّ، ثنا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أنبأ شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ: وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ وَجَدَ مِنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ رِيحَ طِيبٍ وَهُوَ بِذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ وَهُمْ حُجَّاجٌ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: " مِمَّنْ رِيحُ هَذَا الطِّيبِ؟ "، قَالَ: شَيْءٌ طَيَّبَتْنِي أُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: " لَعَمْرِي أُقْسِمُ بِاللهِ لَتَرْجِعَنَّ إِلَيْهَا حَتَّى تَغْسِلَهُ فَوَاللهِ لَأَنَ أَجِدَ مِنَ الْمُحْرِمِ رِيحَ الْقَطِرَانِ أَحَبُّ إِلِيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَجِدَ مِنْهُ رِيحَ الطِّيبِ " قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: وَيُحْتَمَلُ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَبْلُغْهُ حَدِيثُ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهَا، وَلَوْ بَلَغَهُ لَرَجَعَ عَنْهُ، وَيُحْتَمَلُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَكْرَهُ ذَلِكَ كَيْلًا يَغْتَرَّ بِهِ الْجَاهِلُ فَيَتَوَهَّمَ أَنَّ ابْتِدَاءَ الطِّيبِ يَجُوزُ لِلْمُحْرِمِ، كَمَا قَالَ لِطَلْحَةَ فِي الثَّوْبِ الْمُمَشَّقِ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ.
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), on his way to Hajj, reached Dhu al-Hulayfah, he smelled perfume on Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked: From whom is this perfume coming? He said: Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) applied this perfume to me. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I adjure you by Allah to go back and have it washed off by her. By Allah! If I were to find the smell of tar on a muhrim, that would be dearer to me than finding the smell of perfume on him."
The Shaykh said: Perhaps the hadith of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) had not reached him, and had it reached him, he would certainly have retracted it. It is also possible that he disliked it so that an ignorant person would not be misled into thinking that it is permissible for a muhrim to begin applying perfume, just as he said to Talhah regarding the garment dyed with red ochre. And Allah knows best.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الحج / 8968
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