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Mufti Menk

Smells Like Mango Pickle!!

Mufti Menk

Muslim Central

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Islam

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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0:04.1

Assalamu alaikum, wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, my brothers and sisters.

0:08.0

Remember something, when the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam has taught us something,

0:13.4

he really has given us a great gift. These teachings when we fulfill them, we achieve a great reward.

0:20.5

Today I want to speak about perfume. The Prophet sallallahu alaikum loved his perfume and

0:26.2

he enjoyed the scent of misk and amber and a few other of these beautiful perfumes and he spoke about them.

0:34.4

SubhanAllah. In fact so much so that Ayesh, ala wa l-Allahu anha and a few of the other companions of the Prophet sallallahu alaikum,

0:41.2

they speak about even anisee bin Malik, ala wa l-Allahu anhu, who served the Prophet sallallahu alaikum.

0:46.6

They speak about something amazing. The scent of his perspiration, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,

0:53.7

they say that wa ma shaman tu, atiyaba min arakir asulillahi sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,

1:01.1

la miskin, wa la ambaran, etc etc. So the Hadith is such that he is saying anisee bin Malik,

1:09.0

ala wa l-Allahu anha, I have never smelled any scent neither amber nor misk nor mask that is sweeter in smell,

1:17.7

in smell then this perspiration of the Prophet sallallahu alaikum, SubhanAllah. So that is an amazing

1:24.5

miracle of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaikum, however when it comes to us please apply a perfume

1:32.0

that is not going to disturb people. Sometimes we apply perfume that smells like mango pickle and

1:38.8

you know people around us I have had times when I get a headache, I've gone to the masjid or somewhere

1:44.5

and you pass someone and you're wondering is it a smell of what is it of you know if I am told not to

1:51.1

go to the masjid with the scent of garlic and onion then what about that of a terrible perfume of

1:57.3

today where it's literally stinking. May Allah SubhanAllah grant us an understanding. We must make

2:05.4

sure that the scent is good, it is beautiful, it is not so overpowering that people get headaches,

2:11.3

not everyone is on your level. When I was a little bit younger I used to apply perfume for a lot

2:16.3

of people and sometimes some uncles would say please don't apply for me I get a headache and I

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