Musnad Ahmad 5717

Translation

✧ He used to dye his clothes and anoint himself with saffron. He was asked: 'Why do you dye your clothes and anoint yourself with saffron?' He said: 'Because I saw it was the most beloved of dyes to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; he would anoint himself with it and dye his clothes with it.'

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Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثر
   عن
2. 2
   Zayd b. Aslam

   trustworthy (thiqah), a scholar, and he would narrate with omission of the Companion link (yursil)d. 135 AH or 136 AH
   أَبِيهِثقة عالم ، وكان يرسل
   عن
3. 3
   ʿAbdullāh b. Zayd b. Aslam

   truthful (ṣadūq), there is softness in him (layyin)d. at the beginning of al-Mahdī's caliphate, Ibn Qāniʿ said: died in the year 164 AH, Ibn Mardawayh said in the book "Awlād al-Muḥaddithīn": died in the year 194 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَصدوق ، فيه لين
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Isḥāq b. ʿĪsā

   truthful (ṣadūq)d. Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Qāniʿ said: 214 AH. Muḥammad b. Saʿd said: 215 AH. And al-Khaṭīb considered it correct. Muṭayyan said in his Tārīkh: 216 AH. Ibn Ḥibbān said: 224 AH
   إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَىصدوق
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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