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What is the authenticity of the narration reported from Sa'id ibn Jubayr that he saw some of the wives of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, circumambulating the Kaaba while wearing saffron-dyed garments, and what is meant by saffron-dyed garments?

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The hadith was narrated by Ibn Abi Shaybah, and its ruling has not yet been studied. 'Usfur (safflower) is a plant used to dye clothes. There is no contradiction between wearing clothes dyed with 'usfur and wearing colored clothes, because color itself is not an adornment.

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