To him. Indeed, the perfume of men is that whose scent is apparent but whose color is not apparent. Indeed, the perfume of women is that whose color is apparent but whose scent is not apparent.

Abu Dawud said: From this point I memorized it from Mu'ammal and Musa: "Indeed, no man should be alone with a man, nor a woman with a woman, except with a child or a parent." And he mentioned a third thing which I forgot. It is in the hadith of Musaddad, but I did not master it as I would have liked. Musa said: Hammad narrated to us, from al-Jurayri, from Abu Nadrah, from al-Tufawi.

End of the Book of Marriage.

(1) Its chain is weak due to the unknown identity of al-Tufawi, while the rest of its narrators are trustworthy. Some parts of this hadith have paths and supporting witnesses that strengthen it, which we have mentioned in al-Musnad (10977); see them there.

Musaddad: he is Ibn Musarhad al-Asadi. Bishr: he is Ibn al-Mufaddal al-Raqashi. Al-Jurayri: he is Sa'id ibn Abi Iyas. Mu'ammal: he is Ibn Hisham. Isma'il: he is Ibn Ibrahim al-Asadi. Musa: he is Ibn Isma'il al-Tabudhaki. Hammad: he is Ibn Salamah. Abu Nadrah: he is al-Mundhir ibn Malik al-'Awqi.

It was also narrated in abbreviated form with the story of perfume by al-Tirmidhi (2994) and (2995)—and he deemed it good—and by al-Nasa'i in al-Kubra (9348) and (9349) via the path of al-Jurayri, with this chain.

For the mention of tasbih for men and clapping for women, see what preceded under number 939.

For the story of perfume, there is a supporting witness from the hadith of 'Imran ibn Husayn in al-Musnad (19978), and in Abu Dawud it will come under number 4048.

And another from the hadith of Anas is found with al-Bazzar (2989), and its chain is strong.

Al-Sindi said: "A young woman, ka'ab," with the opening of the letter: a woman when her breast begins to appear upon maturity; she is also called ka'ib, and its plural is kawa'ib.

His saying: "No man should be alone with a man" — he said: it is from ifda', meaning reaching/coming together. They said: it is a prohibition of unlawfulness when there is no barrier between them, such that they are both unclothed. But if there is a barrier between them, then it is a prohibition of disapproval.

His saying: "Indeed, the perfume of men..." — he said: meaning, men should avoid adornment, and women should avoid scent so as not to arouse men's desire. However, this is specific to when she is leaving the house. Otherwise, with her husband, she may use whatever she wishes.