Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Treatment of Patients in the State of al-’Ihram, Such as Wounds and So On 8ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عِ٠ْرَانَ الْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠ِ يَكُونُ بِهِ الْجُرْحُ فَيَتَدَاوَى بِدَوَاءٍ فِيهِ زَعْفَرَانٌ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ الْغَالِبَ عَلَى الدَّوَاءِ فَلا وَإِنْ كَانَتِ الأَدْوِيَةُ الْغَالِبَةَ عَلَيْهِ فَلا بَأْسَ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘If saffron is overwhelming, it is not permissible; but if the medicine is overwhelming, it is not harmful.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/318))