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What is the ruling on a person in ihram using scented handkerchiefs?

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The questioner : May Allah reward you. He says: There are people who distribute scented handkerchiefs around the Ka'bah before breaking the fast, and those in ihram use them. Is that permissible? And does this affect the one in ihram?

The Shaykh : And what is it scented with? Is it a fragrance or perfume? No, it is not permissible for a person in ihram to use it. If these handkerchiefs are scented, it is not permissible for a person in ihram to use them. If the handkerchiefs are scented, it is not permissible for a person in ihram to use them, and it is not permissible for a person to give them to a person in ihram. Pay attention to this. Therefore, I see that the sin falls upon the one who perfumes the Black Stone, while the people in ihram circumambulate it and touch it by touching and kissing it. The sin is on the one who perfumed this stone, because he caused the Muslims in ihram to fall into one of the prohibitions of ihram. And if he wants to perfume the Ka'bah, and we have said that that is permissible, then let him do so in other places that people do not touch.
As for something among the symbols of the Muslims in which perfume is placed and which is touched by a person in ihram and by one who is not, this exposes the worship of those in ihram to the commission of a prohibited act. But suppose that when a person approaches the stone, he touches it and kisses it, and the perfume sticks to his hand and his lips. What does the person in ihram do? He must immediately remove it and wash it. Perfume, how does he remove or wash it?
As for removing it, it is easy. He can remove it by wiping his hand with the covering of the Ka'bah. If the scent is removed by wiping what he touched on the covering of the Ka'bah, then that is sufficient for him. Otherwise, let him go out of the circumambulation area and wash his hands with the water of Zamzam. So the matter involves hardship for those in ihram. Yes.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 10 - 45 - دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام للعام 1417 هـ - الدرس العاشر - الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين — youtube.com (42:00)

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