Chapters on Manners
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2788
إِنَّ خَيْرَ طِيبِ الرَّجُلِ مَا ظَهَرَ رِيحُهُ وَخَفِيَ لَوْنُهُ وَخَيْرَ طِيبِ النِّسَاءِ مَا ظَهَرَ لَوْنُهُ وَخَفِيَ رِيحُهُ
inna khayra ṭībi ar-rajuli mā ẓahara rīḥuhu wakhafiya lawnuhu wakhayra ṭībi an-nisāʾi mā ẓahara lawnuhu wakhafiya rīḥuhu
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Narrated 'Imran bin Husain:"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)
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Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī · 2788
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