Including saffron in food

Q: Please advise about saffron, how one should use the same, whether it is sunnah or not.

A: Saffron is a food ingredient. I haven’t come across a hadeeth where saffron was used as food. However Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) prohibited men from using saffron as a dye for clothing etc.

عن أنس بن مالك أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم نهى عن التزعفر قال قتيبة قال حماد يعني للرجال (صحيح مسلم رقم 2101)

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

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