Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Use of Perfumes in the State of al-’Ihram َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َاعِيلَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) كُشِفَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ طِيبٌ لِيَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ ٠ْسَكَ عَلَى أَنْفِهِ بِثَوْبِهِ ٠6.

Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla’ ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Ali from Aban ibn ‘Uthman from al- Hassan ibn Ziyad who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about perfumes, if using saltwort, which has a certain perfume and I wash my hands therewith while I am in the state of Ihram, is permissible.

He (the Imam) said, ‘When you are about to assume the state of Ihram, look into your luggage and keep aside what you need.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘You must give charity of something as expiation for your use of saltwort to wash your hands.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/310))