Sayyiduna Ya'la bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a Bedouin came to the service of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and he was wearing a cloak that was stained with saffron. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have entered into Ihram in this manner (as you see me), while people are mocking me. Now, what do you command me?" The Prophet lowered his blessed head for a while and did not answer him. Then he called him and commanded: "Take off this cloak and wash the saffron from your body, and perform your ‘Umrah in the same manner as you perform your Hajj." At the end of the hadith, Imam ‘Ata’ says: Before this hadith reached us, we used to say that such a person should tear his cloak, but when this hadith reached us, we acted according to it.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade men from using saffron perfume. Hammad says that what is meant is the perfume called "khaluq" (which contains saffron).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade men from saffron perfume and color.

The command of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in the narration of Ya'la regarding washing off the perfume that was on the muhrim, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, also commanded the non-muhrim to wash off the khaluq with which he had perfumed himself, thus equating in the command to wash off the khaluq between the muhrim and the non-muhrim.

Sayyiduna Ya’la bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that one day my complexion had changed (I was unwell), so one of my friends said to me,“Come home with us.”So I went home, took a bath, and applied perfume of khuluq. And the blessed practice of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was that (at the time of prayer) he would pass his blessed hand over our faces (and supplicate goodness for us). Then when he came near me, he withdrew his hand from the saffron perfume, and when he finished the prayer, he said to me:“O Ya’la, why have you applied saffron perfume? Have you gotten married?”I replied,“No.”So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered me:“Go and wash off this perfume.”Sayyiduna Ya’la bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I went to a well and bathed in it, then I scrubbed off the perfume thoroughly with clay. Then I returned, and when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw me, he said:“Ya’la has repented and returned to his best religion, and the One in the heavens is also pleased.”Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says: In the same way, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Sayyiduna Ya’la bin Murrah (may Allah be pleased with him) to wash off saffron perfume, even though he was not in the state of ihram, just as he ordered one in ihram to wash off saffron perfume.

However, he will be obliged to give fidya, even if he shaved his head due to some illness or pain in the head.

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin 'Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that during the time of Hudaybiyyah, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me while my hair was quite long and thick. He (peace be upon him) said: "It seems that the lice of your head are troubling you?" I replied, "Yes." He (peace be upon him) said: "Shave your head and sacrifice a goat, or fast for three days, or give three sa' of grain in charity to six needy people."