The ruling on a person in ihram perfuming himself and his garment after entering ihram

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a message was received from a listener of the program who did not mention his name in his message, but he asks and says: I performed Hajj, and before the Hajj I perfumed the ihram garments and then wore them. Do I owe an expiation? Also, if I do owe any part of it, it has been since last year. Is there anything in that?

Answer:
Yes, it is not permissible for a person in ihram to perfume his body or his garment after entering ihram. If he does any of that, he must hasten to wash the perfume off the ihram garments or replace them with another garment that has no perfume in it, which he wears in place of the perfumed one if he is unable to wash it. This is what is obligatory. He does not perfume the garment, nor does he perfume his body while in ihram. As for before entering ihram, it is recommended that he perfume his body before entering ihram, and if the trace of the perfume remains on him after entering ihram, it does no harm. As for the garment, he does not perfume it, neither before nor after entering ihram. If something happens, he must hasten to remove it. Yes, if he left it while ignorant, he owes nothing. But if he left it while knowing, he must pay the fidyah (ransom payment). He has the choice between fasting three days, or slaughtering a sheep and distributing it in Makkah to the poor, or feeding six poor people in Makkah. Yes.