Excerpted from the book “Wālidayn aur Aulād ke Ḥuqūq” by Shaykh Jāwīd Iqbāl Sīālkōṭī.
❀ Ḥadīth on Women Wearing Fragrance in Public
Narrated by Abū Mūsā رضي الله عنه:
◈ Arabic Text:
المرأة إذا استعطرت فمرت بالمجلس فهي كذا كذا يعني زانية
◈ Translation:
“When a woman applies perfume and passes by a gathering, she is such and such…” meaning: she is like a fornicator (zāniyah).
[Ḥasan] — Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī, Book of Asking Permission, Chapter: What is Reported Regarding the Dislike of a Woman Going Out Wearing Fragrance, Ḥadīth No. 2786
Abū Dāwūd, Book of Grooming, Chapter: Regarding a Woman Wearing Fragrance for Going Out, Ḥadīth No. 4173
❖ Parents should ensure that their daughters do not use perfume when leaving the house, as it is explicitly condemned in the sayings of the Prophet ﷺ.
❀ Ḥadīth on Women Wearing Fragrance in Public
Narrated by Abū Mūsā رضي الله عنه:
◈ Arabic Text:
المرأة إذا استعطرت فمرت بالمجلس فهي كذا كذا يعني زانية
◈ Translation:
“When a woman applies perfume and passes by a gathering, she is such and such…” meaning: she is like a fornicator (zāniyah).
[Ḥasan] — Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī, Book of Asking Permission, Chapter: What is Reported Regarding the Dislike of a Woman Going Out Wearing Fragrance, Ḥadīth No. 2786 Abū Dāwūd, Book of Grooming, Chapter: Regarding a Woman Wearing Fragrance for Going Out, Ḥadīth No. 4173
Key Instruction:
❖ Parents should ensure that their daughters do not use perfume when leaving the house, as it is explicitly condemned in the sayings of the Prophet ﷺ.
