It is disliked to refuse perfume

2-4-2006 | IslamWeb

Question:

The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said: "Whoever is offered perfume, should not refuse it.” Is this a prohibition or a dislikeability? If there is any scholar who is of the view that it is prohibited, please mention his name, if any.
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 scholars may Allaah have mercy upon them are of the view that the narration means that it is disliked. For instance, At-Tirmithi may Allaah have mercy upon him entitled a chapter, in one of his book, “The chapter of the dislikeability of refusing perfume”.  Al-‘Ayni may Allaah have mercy upon him reported his words, and they were interpreted by Al-Mubaarak Poori may Allaah have mercy upon him but none of them commented on or argued about the statement of the dislikeability of refusing perfume. There is absolutely no scholar who said that it is forbidden to refuse perfume.   

Allaah Knows best.

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