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tirmidhi:2788Muḥammad b. Bashhār

"The Prophet ﷺ said [to me]: 'Indeed the best fragrance for men is what's scent is apparent and its color is hidden, and the best fragrance for women is what's color is visible and its scent is hidden.' And he prohibited Mitharatil-Urjawan (Mitharah was some type of saddle cloth. Some of the people of knowledge say it was a certain kind of cloth made of silk, and it preceded earlier under no. 1760. They disagree over Al-Urjawan, and perhaps it means whatever is red, meaning the Red Mitahrah, see Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi)."  

الترمذي:٢٧٨٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ خَيْرَ طِيبِ الرَّجُلِ مَا ظَهَرَ رِيحُهُ وَخَفِيَ لَوْنُهُ وَخَيْرَ طِيبِ النِّسَاءِ مَا ظَهَرَ لَوْنُهُ وَخَفِيَ رِيحُهُ وَنَهَى عَنْ مِيثَرَةِ الأُرْجُوَانِ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ  


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nasai:5117Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Abū Dāwud / al-Ḥafarī > Sufyān > al-Jurayrī > Abū Naḍrah > a man > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'The perfume for men is that whose scent is apparent while its color is hidden, and the perfume for women is that whose color is apparent, while its scent is hidden.'"  

النسائي:٥١١٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ يَعْنِي الْحَفَرِيَّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ طِيبُ الرِّجَالِ مَا ظَهَرَ رِيحُهُ وَخَفِيَ لَوْنُهُ وَطِيبُ النِّسَاءِ مَا ظَهَرَ لَوْنُهُ وَخَفِيَ رِيحُهُ  

nasai:5118Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Maymūn al-Raqqī > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Firyābī > Sufyān > al-Jurayrī > Abū Naḍrah > al-Ṭufāwī > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet [SAW] said: "The perfume for men is that whose scent is apparent while its color is hidden, and the perfume for women is that whose color is apparent, while its scent is hidden."  

النسائي:٥١١٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ الرَّقِّيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنِ الطُّفَاوِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ طِيبُ الرِّجَالِ مَا ظَهَرَ رِيحُهُ وَخَفِيَ لَوْنُهُ وَطِيبُ النِّسَاءِ مَا ظَهَرَ لَوْنُهُ وَخَفِيَ رِيحُهُ  

tirmidhi:2787Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwud al-Ḥafarī > Sufyān > al-Jurayrī > Abū Naḍrah > a man > Abū Hurayrah

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Fragrance for men is that which its scent is apparent and its color is hidden, and fragrance for women is that which its color is visible and its scent is hidden." (Meaning when leaving the home as indicated by the previous chapter. As far as in the presence of the husband, then the woman may wear fragrant perfume.)  

الترمذي:٢٧٨٧حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْحَفَرِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ طِيبُ الرِّجَالِ مَا ظَهَرَ رِيحُهُ وَخَفِيَ لَوْنُهُ وَطِيبُ النِّسَاءِ مَا ظَهَرَ لَوْنُهُ وَخَفِيَ رِيحُهُ  

nasai-kubra:9349Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Maymūn al-Raqqī > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf / al-Firyābī > Sufyān > al-Jurayrī > Abū Naḍrah > al-Ṭufāwī > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'The perfume for men is that whose scent is apparent while its color is hidden, and the perfume for women is that whose color is apparent, while its scent is hidden.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5117)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٣٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ الرَّقِّيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ يَعْنِي الْفِرْيَابِيَّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنِ الطُّفَاوِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «طِيبُ الرَّجُلِ مَا ظَهَرَ رِيحُهُ وَخَفِيَ لَوْنُهُ وَطِيبُ النِّسَاءِ مَا ظَهَرَ لَوْنُهُ وَخَفِيَ رِيحُهُ»  

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السيوطي:٦٥٠٩a

"إِنَّ خَيْرَ طِيبِ الرِّجالِ ما ظَهَرَ ريحُهُ وخَفِى لَوْنُهُ، وخَيْرَ طِيبِ النِّساءِ ما ظَهَرَ لَوْنُهُ وخَفِى رِيحُهُ".  

[ت] الترمذي حسن غريب عن عمران بن حصين ؓ
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السيوطي:١٥٤١٩a

"طِيبُ الرِّجَالِ مَا ظَهَر رِيحُهُ وَخَفِى لَوْنُه, وطِيبُ النِّساءِ مَا ظهَر لَوْنه وَخَفِى رِيحهُ".  

[عق] العقيلى في الضعفاء [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن أنس، [ت] الترمذي حسن، [ن] النسائي عن أبي هريرة، وابن عساكر عن يعلى بن مرة الثقفى, [عق] العقيلى في الضعفاء عن أبي عثمان مرسلًا، وقال: هو أصح