Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Use of Perfumes in the State of al-’Ihram َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َاعِيلَ عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠َا تَقُولُ فِي الْ٠ِلْحِ فِيهِ زَعْفَرَانٌ لِلْ٠ِ قَالَ لا يَنْبَغِي لِلْ٠ِ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ شَيْئاً فِيهِ زَعْفَرَانٌ وَلا شَيْئاً ٠10.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from Yahya ibn ‘Imran al-Halabiy from Mu‘alla’ abu ‘Uthman from Mu‘alla’ ibn Khunays who has said the following: “He (the Imam) (a.s.), considered one’s sleeping on a yellow bed or yellow Mirfaqah (comforter), in the state of Ihram detestable.” (It perhaps is because of saffron dye) وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/311))