On the authority of ʿImrān ibn Ḥuṣayn that the Prophet of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "I do not ride on purple, nor do I wear garments dyed with safflower, nor do I wear a shirt trimmed with silk." — He said: And al-Ḥasan gestured to the collar of his shirt. He said: And he said: "Indeed, the perfume of men is a scent without color, and indeed, the perfume of women is a color without scent."

Saʿīd said: I think he said: They only interpreted his words concerning women's perfume as applying to when she goes out; but when she is with her husband, she may perfume herself with whatever she wishes.

(1) Ḥasan (good) due to other witnesses, except for his statement: "nor do I wear a shirt trimmed with silk," for what contradicts it has been authentically established. This is a chain whose narrators are trustworthy, but al-Ḥasan — namely al-Baṣrī — did not hear from ʿImrān.

Rawḥ: he is Ibn ʿUbādah.

It was also recorded by al-Tirmidhī (2996) via the path of Saʿīd ibn Abī ʿArūbah, with this chain, without mentioning the safflower-dyed garment or the silk-trimmed one. He said: This is a ḥasan gharīb ḥadīth from this path. It is also in the Musnad of Aḥmad (19975).

His statement "I do not ride on purple" is supported by the ḥadīth of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib that follows at number (4050), and its chain is ṣaḥīḥ (sound).

His statement "I do not wear garments dyed with safflower" has a supporting witness from the ḥadīth of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib that preceded with the author at number (4044), and its chain is also ṣaḥīḥ.

His statement "Indeed, the perfume of men is a scent without color, and indeed, the perfume of women is a color without scent" has a supporting witness from the ḥadīth of Abū Hurayrah that preceded with the author within a lengthy ḥadīth at number (2174), and its chain is ḍaʿīf (weak).

And another from the ḥadīth of Anas ibn Mālik recorded by al-Ṭaḥāwī in Sharḥ Maʿānī al-Āthār 2/128, and in its chain is Ṣāʿid ibn ʿUbayd al-Bajalī, regarding whom neither jarḥ (disparagement) nor taʿdīl (commendation) has been recorded.

It is also related from Anas through another path recorded by al-Bazzār (2989 — Kashf al-Astār), al-ʿUqaylī in al-Ḍuʿafāʾ 2/109, al-Bayhaqī in al-Shuʿab (7810), and al-Ḍiyāʾ al-Maqdisī in al-Mukhtārah (2311), but there is disagreement over whether it is connected (mawṣūl) or suspended (mursal). ʿAbd al-Razzāq recorded it in his Muṣannaf (7938), and al-ʿUqaylī 1/49 as mursal, and the chain of the mursal version is more sound, which is what al-ʿUqaylī favored at 2/109.

By the totality of these supporting witnesses, the ḥadīth becomes ḥasan, Allah willing.