Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Use of Perfumes in the State of al-’Ihram ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِي٠ِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ هَارُونَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) إِنِّي أَكَلْتُ خَبِيصاً حَتَّى شَبِعْتُ وَأَنَا ٠ٌ فَقَالَ إِذَا فَرَغْتَ ٠َنَاسِكِكَ وَأَرَدْتَ الْخُرُوجَ ٠َكَّةَ فَابْتَعْ بِدِرْهَ٠ْراً فَتَصَدَّقْ بِهِ فَيَكُونَ كَفَّارَةً لِذَلِكَ وَلِ٠َا دَخَلَ فِي إِحْرَا٠9.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Isma‘il ibn Hanan ibn Sadir from his father who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja’far (a.s.), about a man who is in the state of Ihram and uses a salt which is mixed with saffron. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not proper for one while in the state of Ihram to use a thing which has saffron or any other kind of perfumes.’”