It is narrated from Hazrat Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I came to my family at night and my hands were cracked, so they rubbed saffron on my hands. In the morning, I presented myself before the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and greeted him, but he neither replied to my greeting nor welcomed me. Rather, he said, "Go and wash it off." I went and washed it, but when I returned, some saffron still remained. So this time too, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) neither replied to my greeting nor welcomed me, but said, "Go and wash it off." So this time I washed it thoroughly, and then presented myself and greeted him. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied to my greeting and welcomed me, and said, "The angels of mercy do not come near the funeral of a disbeliever, a person who has applied saffron, or a person in a state of major ritual impurity (junub). And the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has given concession to a person in a state of major ritual impurity to perform ablution and then sleep or eat and drink."