It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she made a black woollen cloak (jubbah) for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) wore it, but when he (peace and blessings be upon him) sweated and noticed the smell of the wool, he (peace and blessings be upon him) took it off, for he (peace and blessings be upon him) loved a pure, pleasant fragrance. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that two men from the people of Iraq came to him and asked him about the ritual bath (ghusl) on Friday: is it obligatory? Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to them: Whoever takes a bath, that is better and purer. And I will tell you why the ritual bath (and the emphasis on it) began. In the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the people were needy; they wore woollen clothes and watered the date palms by carrying water on their backs. The mosque was narrow and its roof was low. Once the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out for Friday on an extremely hot summer day. His (peace and blessings be upon him) pulpit was small, having only three steps. He (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed the people, and the people sweated in their woollen clothes, so the smell of sweat and wool rose from their bodies until it began to harm one another, and the smell reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was on the pulpit. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O people, when this day comes, take a ritual bath, and let each of you apply the best of whatever perfume or oil he can find." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wearing two garments dyed with saffron: a cloak and a turban. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

Abdullah bin Buraydah narrates from his father, Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering a sermon when Hasan and Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them both) came, both wearing red shirts, and they kept stumbling (as they walked) and getting up again. He (peace and blessings be upon him) came down from the pulpit, picked them up and seated them in front of him, then said: "Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth: 'Indeed, your wealth and your children are a trial.' [Surah al-Taghabun: 15] I saw these two and could not restrain myself." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) began his sermon. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was wearing a garment dyed with safflower ('usfur). He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Where did you get this from?" He said: My wife made it for me. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Burn it." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: One day I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wearing two garments dyed with safflower. the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "What are these two garments?" He said: Umm Abdullah (his wife) dyed them for me. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I adjure you to go back to Umm Abdullah and tell her to fire up the oven and throw these two garments into it." So I went back to her and did so. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. And the two Shaykhs agree that it is forbidden for men to wear garments dyed with safflower, as in the hadith of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade me, and I do not say that he forbade you (in general).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw him wearing two garments dyed with safflower and said: "Indeed, these are the garments of the disbelievers, so do not wear them." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man wearing two red garments passed by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He gave the greeting of peace, but the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not return his greeting. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I do not ride on urjuwan (a deep-red saddle cover), nor do I wear clothing dyed with safflower, nor do I wear a shirt hemmed with silk." And (the narrator) al-Hasan pointed to the collar of his shirt. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Behold! The perfume of men is that which has a scent but no colour, and the perfume of women is that which has a colour but no scent." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. For our shaykhs have differed over whether Hasan al-Basri heard from Imran bin Husayn, but most of them hold that he did hear from him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Nowadays, when I see the people in the mosque and the great number of tayalisah (shawls), I find them resembling the Jews of Khaybar. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. And what is meant is dyed shawls, for they were the clothing of the Jews.