What is the ruling on a person in the state of ihram who places his ihram garment on his head while forgetful?
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The questioner : From Riyadh, he says: While traveling during the day, and I was in the state of ihram, I placed the edge of my ihram garment on my head. When I became aware of it, I removed it from my head and did not do it again. Is there anything required of me?
The Shaykh : There is nothing required of you because you did it while forgetful. If a person does any of the prohibitions of ihram while forgetful, there is nothing required of him. However, it is obligatory for him, when he remembers, to abandon that prohibition. The evidence that there is nothing required of him is the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:286] Then Allah the Exalted said: And His saying the Exalted: [Al-Ahzab 33:5]. Yes.
The Shaykh : There is nothing required of you because you did it while forgetful. If a person does any of the prohibitions of ihram while forgetful, there is nothing required of him. However, it is obligatory for him, when he remembers, to abandon that prohibition. The evidence that there is nothing required of him is the saying of Allah the Exalted: