Pilgrim in ihraam for Hajj or ‘Umrah drinking coffee containing saffron

We were in ihraam, and on our way to Makkah we drank tea and
coffee,and there was saffron in the coffee. Do we have to do
anything?.
Praise be to Allaah.
If that was due to ignorance on your part, then you do not have to do
anything. If you werenot sure whether it was saffron or not, then you
do not have to do anything. If you were certain that it was saffron
and you knew that it is not permissible for the muhrim to drink coffee
in which there is saffron, then if there was a fragrance, then hedid
something wrong, but if there was nothing but the colour, then there
is no sin on him for that.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him)
http://www.ibnothaimeen.com/all/noor/article_6040.shtml
Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) was
asked: A woman who was in ihraam for 'Umrah drank coffee with saffron
before completing 'Umrah. Is saffron a type of perfume? Did it spoil
the 'Umrah or not?
He replied:
The muhrim who drinks coffee containing saffron is doing wrong,
because saffron is a kindof perfume and should not be used in coffee
by the muhrim, just as he should not use it on his clothes or body
when heis in ihraam. If the man or woman in ihraam does that out of
ignorance or by mistake,then they do not have todo anything, but if
they do that deliberately, knowing that he is in ihraam, then it is
not permissible. He (the muhrim) should give charity, feeding six poor
persons, giving each onehalf a saa' of dates or wheat, or fast for
three days, or sacrifice a sheep.

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