The ruling on wearing plastic bags by a person in ihram during rain

The questioner:
This questioner says, may Allah preserve you: During last year's Hajj, while it was raining, some Muslims wore plastic bags so that their ihram garments would not get wet. The bag is cut to allow the head and hands to come out. What is the ruling on this action?

The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for a person in ihram to wear anything on his body that encircles the body or is sewn. If they do this and wear this encircling garment that resembles a garment, then he owes a fidyah, the fidyah for wearing it. He is given the choice between feeding six poor people, each poor person receiving half a sa' of food in Makkah, or slaughtering a sheep to be distributed to the poor, or freeing a slave, or slaughtering a sheep in Makkah to be distributed as a fidyah , or fasting for three days, or slaughtering a sheep in Makkah to be distributed to the poor, or feeding six poor people, each poor person receiving half a sa' also in Makkah. Yes.

The presenter:
He says: I am.

The Shaykh:
The cells in it, yes.

The presenter:
Yes, may Allah reward you.