What is required of a person in ihram if he covers his head due to rain?

The questioner:
We have Abu Faisal with us from Abha. If you would please, let us hear from you over the phone, Abu Faisal. Go ahead. Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings. And upon you peace. And His blessings. Go ahead. May Allah preserve you, O Radiyyah. The Shaykh, we ask Allah to guide you in speech and action. Amen, amen, amen. The first question: I went for 'Umrah with my father, and he passed away afterward. But we encountered rain after entering the rites, after the ihram. We stopped in the outskirts of Makkah, and the weather was rainy, so we placed some cloth on the head, either because one of us was in pain at the time, or out of necessity, meaning for the rain. My father was advanced in age, and we went and performed the 'Umrah. Until now, we have not done anything. So what is the ruling? Okay, the Shaykh will answer.

The Shaykh:
The ruling is that the 'Umrah is valid, and praise be to Allah. If you placed the covering on your heads while you were in ihram without an excuse, then there is a fidyah (ransom payment). You have a choice in it: either slaughter a sheep in Makkah and give its meat to the poor, or feed six poor people in Makkah, or fast for three days in any place.
As for if you were, as for if you were excused. This is if you intentionally covered the head without need. This is the fidyah that we mentioned. If you did it intentionally without an excuse, then the fidyah that we mentioned is upon you. But if it was out of ignorance on your part or forgetfulness, then nothing is upon you. It is obligatory that you remove the covering when you remember or know that this is not permissible; remove it immediately, and nothing is upon you. So this depends on what you did. What did you do? Did you remove the covering, or did the covering remain? Okay, the second question, briefly if you please. No, let him finish. Okay, the Shaykh asks you.

The questioner:
We placed the covering, and after the rain stopped, we removed it. Meaning, we placed it and then removed it.

The Shaykh:
Did you place it for an excuse, or were you forgetting?

The questioner:
No, for an excuse, Shaykh. For the rain.

The Shaykh:
For the rain.

The questioner:
Yes, the weather was cold.

The Shaykh:
Upon you, the ones in ihram. The fidyah is upon you, as I mentioned to you. The fidyah that I mentioned to you. And if the father has passed away, then you count it and perform it on his behalf. Yes.