Ways of The Prophet (S.A.W)

PERFUMING BEFORE PUTTING ON IHRAM

It appears in authentic traditions that the Prophet used to perfume himself before putting on the lhram so much so that the effect of perfuming could be noticed from his head and beard. In another narration, it has been related that he used the best perfume available at the moment.

Hadrat Aishah (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anha) narrated that: I used to perfume ALLAAH’s messenger with a perfume containing musk preparatory to his entering the sacred state before he put on the IHRAM and I still seem to see the glistening of the perfume where the hair was parted on ALLAAH’ messenger’s head while he was wearing the lhram. [Mishkat]

But after one has put on the Ihram, he must not use any perfume. About smelling a perfume while in IHRAM, it is said in the Jawami-ul-Fiqh of Abu Yusuf that it is of no consequence if one in Ihram smells a perfume he has applied before putting on the Ihram. [Zadul Ma’ad]