He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbid women in their state of ihram from wearing gloves, the face veil, and any garments touched by wars dye or saffron. Beyond that, she may wear whatever colors of clothing she wishes, whether dyed with safflower, jewelry, ornaments, trousers, a shirt, or leather socks.
أنه سمع رسول الله ﷺ نهى النساء في إحرامهن عن القفازين والنقاب وما مس الورس والزعفران من الثياب، ولتلبس بعد ذلك ما أحبت من ألوان الشياب معصفرا أو حقا أو حليا أو سراويل أو قميصا أو خفا.
Abu Dawud (1827) narrated it from Ahmad bin Hanbal, who said, Yaqub narrated to us, my father narrated to us, from Ibn Ishaq, who said, "Nafi, the freed slave of Abdullah bin Umar, narrated to me from Abdullah bin Umar," and he mentioned it.Abu Dawud said, "This hadith was narrated from Ibn Ishaq from Nafi. Abdah bin Sulayman and Muhammad bin Salama narrated it from Muhammad bin Ishaq up to his words, 'and any garment touched by wars or saffron,' but they did not mention what came after that."Hakim graded it sahih (1/486) and narrated it through the route of Ahmad, saying, "Sahih according to the criterion of Muslim."I say, that is according to Hakim's methodology, otherwise Muslim did not rely on Ibn Ishaq as a source of evidence. The hadith appears in Musnad Imam Ahmad through two routes.The first, from Yaala bin Ubayd, who said, Muhammad bin Ishaq narrated to us, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, who said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbid women in ihram from wearing gloves and the face veil, and any garment touched by wars or saffron" (4740).The second, from Yazid, who said, Muhammad, meaning Ibn Ishaq, informed us, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, who said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say upon this pulpit, while forbidding people, when they enter ihram, from what is disliked for them, 'Do not wear turbans, nor shirts, nor trousers, nor hooded cloaks, nor leather socks, unless someone is forced to wear them, in which case he should cut them below the ankles, and do not wear any garment touched by wars or saffron.'"He said, "And I heard him forbid women from wearing gloves and the face veil, and any garment touched by wars or saffron."As for the narration of Yaqub bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Ishaq, I did not find it in the Musnad.As for safflower-dyed cloth, it is not perfume. That was narrated from Jabir, and that is why Ayesha used to wear safflower-dyed garments while in the state of ihram.It was narrated from Huqqah bint Amr, who had prayed toward both qiblahs with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, that whenever she wanted to enter ihram, she would put her fragrance in her lap and wear whatever she wished of her garments, including safflower-dyed cloth, and then she would begin her ihram.Tabarani narrated it in Mujam al-Kabir (24/215) through the hadith of Sharik, from Aasim Ahwal, from Abu Majliz, from her.Haythami said in Majma (3/220), "Its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih."I say, it is as he said, except that Sharik, who is Ibn Abdullah Nakhai, his memory deteriorated after he took up the position of judge, so one cannot be certain against the occurrence of confusion and error in his hadith.Most scholars have held the view that it is permissible for a woman in ihram to use safflower-dyed garments. The proponents of legal reasoning said it is perfume, for which fidya becomes obligatory. See Sharh al-Sunnah (7/244–245).Safflower is a summer plant of the composite family with tubular flowers, its flower is used as a spice, and a red dye is extracted from it used to dye silk and similar fabrics. Thus it is stated in Mujam Wasit.