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Grooming · Daily

Wear good scent

The practice
Apply perfume.
When
Getting ready for the day
In daily life
Keep a bottle by the mirror and make it the last step of getting ready, like your watch. Before Jumu'ah or a visit to family, take an extra moment for it.

The source

كُنْتُ أُطَيِّبُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِأَطْيَبِ مَا يَجِدُ، حَتَّى أَجِدَ وَبِيصَ الطِّيبِ فِي رَأْسِهِ وَلِحْيَتِهِ‏.

“I used to perfume Allah's Messenger ﷺ with the best scent available till I saw the shine of the scent on his head and shine beard”
Narrated by `AishaSahih al-Bukhari 5923
The full hadith, with its chain and grading →

Arabic: ara-bukhari · Translation: Muhsin Khan (eng-bukhari), from the eng-bukhari edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.

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Sources: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and narrations of Jami at-Tirmidhi graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani.