[Machine] I asked Ibn Umar, "When did the cultivation of saffron in the mosque begin?" He replied, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out and saw chaff in the direction of the mosque's qibla. He said, 'Something better than this should be placed here.' A man heard this and brought saffron. He ground it and applied it in place of the chaff. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw it, he said, 'This is better than the previous one.' This is what people did, and the hadith of Jabir has already been mentioned in the chapter of Al-Buzāq."  

قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ مَا كَانَ بَدْءُ هَذَا الزَّعْفَرَانِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ؟ قَالَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَأَى نُخَامَةً فِي قِبْلَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ غَيْرُ هَذَا أَحْسَنُ مِنْ هَذَا فَسَمِعَ بِذَلِكَ رَجُلٌ فَجَاءَ بِزَعْفَرَانٍ فَحَكَّهَا ثُمَّ طَلَى بِالزَّعْفَرَانِ مَكَانَهَا فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَلِكَ قَالَ هَذَا أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِ قَالَ وَصَنْعَهُ النَّاسُ وَحَدِيثُ جَابِرٍ فِي هَذَا قَدْ مَضَى فِي بَابِ الْبُزَاقِ