Buying Khalooq, a perfume which contains saffron

20-11-2005 | IslamWeb

Question:

I have read in Hadeeth that angel stay away from 3 things: Junub, drunk person and man's wear Khalooq, I am very much concern about the Khalooq because it is a perfumes that contains saffron. My question arises that my husband do the business of selling Itr and at the same time we used them too and mostly the product of Itr contains saffron, (esp. the product from Al harmain comp.) please give us the Fatwa on it.

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. We ask Allaah to exalt his mention as well as that of his family and all his companions.

 

The Prophetic narration you referred to in your question is reported by Al-Bazzaar and narrated by Ibn 'Abbaas who said: 'The Prophet said: "The angels do not approach three kinds of people: a person who requires Ghusl (a ritual bath) because of sexual defilement, a drunkard, and a person who applied Khalooq." Al-Mubaarak Puuri said in his commentary on At-Tirmithi: 'Khalooq is a kind of perfume produced of saffron and other ingredients.'

Many Prophetic narrations have been reported on it, some narrations permit it and some others prohibit it for men. Al-Mubaarak Puuri said: 'The prohibition of Khalooq is more confirmed.' Whereas Al-'Atheem Abaadi said: 'Its dislikeability is in relation to males only.'

It is prohibited for men because it is peculiar to women. Indeed the Prophet prohibited men from resembling women.

The scholars differed in opinion whether the prohibition that is mentioned in the narration means that it is forbidden or that it is only dislikeable. However, in order to be on the safe side, it is better for men to avoid perfume produced with saffron and it is better to avoid selling it to a man if one thinks that he will use it for himself.

Allaah Knows best.