The ruling on using perfume for a person in ihram before and after entering ihram
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Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. This is a message received from a listener to the program. She says: Honorable Shaykh, at the miqat I intended to perform 'Umrah and combined it with Hajj. After bathing for ihram, and not wearing my undergarments, I applied powder under my armpits. Yes. She says: And when I put on my undergarments, I applied oud powder under my armpits, knowing that it was perfumed. My intention was only to remove the smell of sweat and my dislike of that smell coming out in front of people. I later realized that I was wrong in what I did, and I did not renew my ihram or change my clothes. On the eighth day of Hajj, I entered ihram, and I did not touch anything during the ihram to know the ruling. What is required of me?
Answer:
There is no harm in using perfume before entering ihram, before making the intention for ihram. If what happened to you was before making the intention for ihram, then there is no harm in it. A person uses perfume on his body before entering ihram; he perfumes his body. This is a recommended practice (sunnah) in order to remove bad odors. However, a woman does not use perfume that has a strong scent that people can smell; rather, she uses perfume with a scent that is not strong, something that removes sweat and removes the bad odor from her. This is before entering ihram? Yes.
As for after the intention for ihram, it is not permissible for a person in ihram to use perfume, whether a man or a woman. If he does so intentionally, he owes the fidyah, which is feeding ten poor people. The fidyah is, as Allah the Exalted said, feeding six poor people, each poor person half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), or slaughtering a sheep and distributing it to the poor, or fasting for three days. This is for shaving the head, shaving due to harm, and using perfume is analogous to it, since both are types of luxury. If he does this intentionally after entering ihram, he owes the fidyah. But if he does it while forgetting, he owes nothing, but he should remove the perfume; he should hasten to remove the perfume. And whoever did not know until after he had completed his ihram and exited the state of ihram, and did not know about this and did not know the ruling, then he owes nothing, because he is excused due to ignorance. Yes.
May Allah reward you and bless you. This is a message received from a listener to the program. She says: Honorable Shaykh, at the miqat I intended to perform 'Umrah and combined it with Hajj. After bathing for ihram, and not wearing my undergarments, I applied powder under my armpits. Yes. She says: And when I put on my undergarments, I applied oud powder under my armpits, knowing that it was perfumed. My intention was only to remove the smell of sweat and my dislike of that smell coming out in front of people. I later realized that I was wrong in what I did, and I did not renew my ihram or change my clothes. On the eighth day of Hajj, I entered ihram, and I did not touch anything during the ihram to know the ruling. What is required of me?
Answer:
There is no harm in using perfume before entering ihram, before making the intention for ihram. If what happened to you was before making the intention for ihram, then there is no harm in it. A person uses perfume on his body before entering ihram; he perfumes his body. This is a recommended practice (sunnah) in order to remove bad odors. However, a woman does not use perfume that has a strong scent that people can smell; rather, she uses perfume with a scent that is not strong, something that removes sweat and removes the bad odor from her. This is before entering ihram? Yes.
As for after the intention for ihram, it is not permissible for a person in ihram to use perfume, whether a man or a woman. If he does so intentionally, he owes the fidyah, which is feeding ten poor people. The fidyah is, as Allah the Exalted said, feeding six poor people, each poor person half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), or slaughtering a sheep and distributing it to the poor, or fasting for three days. This is for shaving the head, shaving due to harm, and using perfume is analogous to it, since both are types of luxury. If he does this intentionally after entering ihram, he owes the fidyah. But if he does it while forgetting, he owes nothing, but he should remove the perfume; he should hasten to remove the perfume. And whoever did not know until after he had completed his ihram and exited the state of ihram, and did not know about this and did not know the ruling, then he owes nothing, because he is excused due to ignorance. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5909- حكم الطيب للمحرم قبل الإحرام وبعده - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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