11-09-2009, 02:54 PM
Bismillah
As Salam alaikum
"He commanded men not to wear red because this is similarisation to women, however, he wore a Yemni cloak with red strips, not fully red."
A student of knowledge taught classes on kitab ul-sunnah and ahadith at a local masjid and explained this to us. He said that this is reference to the "make-up" or saffron that the women used to wear. By men wearing this, it would be imitating the women. Also the hadith that mentions that men should wear heavy scented perfume but light colored and that women should wear dark colored but lightly scented perfume also refers to this saffron, since it is dark in color but has a very light scent to it.
Allahu Alem
As salam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu