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5176. It was narrated that 'Alī said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ forbade me – but I do not say that he forbade you – from wearing rings of gold, and from wearing Al-Qassī, and from wearing Al-Mufaddam (garments dyed deep red) and Al-Mu'asfar (garments dyed with safflower), and from reciting Qur'ân while bowing." (Ṣaḥīḥ) said: "The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) forbade Al-Mufaddam." (One of the narrators) Yazīd said: "I said to Al-Hasan: 'What is Al-Mufaddam?' He said: '(Clothes) that are dyed with Al-'Usfur (safflower).'" By itself Al-Mu'asfar means that which is dyed with safflower. And in narrations that mention Al-Mufaddam alone, they say as explained in the narration of Ibn Mājah: "Dyed (or saturated) with safflower" Ibn Al-Manzūr said: "The Mufaddam among clothes: What is dyed red. And it is said: It is the one that is not strong red and Al-Fadm is that which is thick with blood, and Al-Mufaddam is taken from that. And the garment is Fadm when it is richly dyed." Lisān Al-'Arab (Fa/Dal/Ghain/Mīm) So when they are mentioned separately as they are here: "Al-Mufaddam and Al-Mu'asfar" then Al-Mufaddam means that which is dyed red. Safflower is a reddish-orange spice and dye, so Al-Mufaddam means that which is the richly dyed with it, while Al-Mu'asfar refers to what has been dyed with it in general. And Allāh knows best.