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Sahih al-Bukhari, 1539
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Narrated `Aisha:

(the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) I used to scent Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) when he wanted to assume Ihram and also on finishing Ihram before the Tawaf round the Ka`ba (Tawaf-al-ifada).

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَتْ كُنْتُ أُطَيِّبُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لإِحْرَامِهِ حِينَ يُحْرِمُ، وَلِحِلِّهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ‏.‏

References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 25, Hadith 26
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Vol. 2, Book 26, Hadith 612 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
The Prophet ﷺ clarified all the rulings and etiquettes of Hajj and ‘Umrah in words and actions, and the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) transmitted to us all what they heard and observed from him ﷺ. In this hadeeth, ‘Aaishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reports that she used to perfume Allah’s Messenger ﷺ with a pleasant scent before he ﷺ would enter the state of Ihraam for Hajj or ‘Umrah, and after the first stage of exiting Ihraam in Hajj, after stoning Jamrat al-‘Aqabah, and shaving the head and before the farewell tawaaf. This is because after the first stage of exiting Hajj, all that was not allowed during the state of Ihraam becomes allowed except intercourse. This is noted in the narration recorded in Sunan al-Nisaa’iee, which reads: “"I put perfume on the Messenger of Allah for his Ihram when he entered Ihram, and for his exiting Ihram when he had stoned Jamrat Al-‘Aqabah, before he circumambulated the House.'' There is nothing wrong with wearing perfume at that point of time since what is required is not to wear perfume during the state of Ihraam. This hadeeth shows that it is permissible to wear perfume before assuming the state of Ihraam and after exiting Ihraam. It shows how the wife looks after her husband and scents him. .
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