The prophet ( - ) said: ‘Burn them’.
In a third narration, it is related that ‘Abdull?h did so. (1)
Other narration states that the prophet ( - ) saw ‘Abdull?h wearing a Raytah dyed with Saffron. He ( - ) asked: ‘What is this Raytah you wear?’.
Abdull?h said: ‘I knew that the prophet ( - ) detested it. I went back home and threw it in the oven my wife was preparing for cooking food. On the next day, the prophet ( - ) asked me: ‘O ‘Abdull?h what did you do with the Raytah?’ I told him what I had done with it. He ( - ) then said: ‘You could have given it to one of your wives; women are permitted to wear clothes dyed with Saffron’. (2) ’Anas ( - رضي الله عنه -) related that ‘the prophet ( - ) forbade that men use Saffron on their bodies’. (3)
‘Al? ( - رضي الله عنه -) also said: ‘The prophet ( - ) prohibited wearing clothes dyed with saffron’. (4)
Al-Baihaq? related from Ash-Sh?fi‘? that he said: ‘It is prohibited for any male -who is not in a state of Ihr?m- to use Saffron on his body, if he did he must wash it off; however, it is permissible for a man to wear clothes dyed with Saffron for ‘Al? has said: ‘The prophet ( - ) forbad me and not you’.
He then Said: ‘This was narrated from many others than ‘Al? ( - رضي الله عنه -). Then he narrated Abdull?h’s bin ‘Amru narration and then said: ‘If this narration had reached Ash-Sh?fi‘?, he would have
(1) Narrated by Muslim in his “Sah?h” (no. 2077) to the exclusion of the phrase “I did so” and Al-H?kim in Al-Mustadrak (vol. 4 / p. 190) and said: ‘Its chain of narrators is authentic. This narration is supported by the following on.
(2) Narrated by Ahmad in his “Musnad” (vol. 2 / p. 196), Ab? D?w?d in “As-Sunan” (no. 4066), Ibn M?jah (no. 3603) and its chain of narrators is authentic.
(3) Narrated by Al-Bukh?r? in the chapter of clothes, section: the prohibition for men to wear clothes dyed with Saffron (vol. 10 / p. 304) (no. 5846).
(4) Narrated by Muslim in the chapter of Clothes and Adornment, section: The prohibition that a man wears clothes dyed with Saffron (vol. 3 / p. 1648) (no. 2078). An-Nas?’? in the chapter of Adornment, section: The prohibition to wear clothes dyed with Saffron (vol. 8 / p. 204) and Ab? D?w?d in the chapter of clothes, section: The prohibition of wearing silk (vol. 4 / p. 47) (no. 4044, 4048).