The ruling on a person in ihram covering his head due to intense heat
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. This is a message from one of our brother listeners who asks and says: I performed 'Umrah on the last Friday of Ramadan. Before performing the rites, the time for the Friday prayer arrived, so we sat to listen to the sermon in the Noble Sanctuary. The weather was hot, so I covered my head with my ihram garments. Is there anything required of me?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for you to cover your head unless you fear harm from severe cold or from the sun. If you place a covering on it, it is permissible for you to do so, but with a fidyah (ransom payment). You pay the fidyah by slaughtering a sheep in Makkah and distributing it to the poor, or by giving charity by feeding six poor people, each poor person receiving half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), meaning approximately one and a half kilograms of food in Makkah, for six poor people in Makkah, each poor person receiving one and a half kilograms of food, or by fasting for three days. You have the choice between these three things: slaughtering a sheep, feeding six poor people, or fasting for three days. This is based on the saying of the Exalted and Majestic: "And complete [the pilgrimage or the 'Umrah]." Based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And when you feel safe, then whoever enjoys the privilege of combining 'Umrah with Hajj..."[Al-Baqarah 2:196] The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified this in the hadith of Ka'b ibn 'Ujr (may Allah be pleased with him) when the insects on his head bothered him,
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to shave his head, and to slaughter a sheep, or feed six poor people, each poor person receiving a mudd (a quarter of a sa'), or fast for three days. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. This is a message from one of our brother listeners who asks and says: I performed 'Umrah on the last Friday of Ramadan. Before performing the rites, the time for the Friday prayer arrived, so we sat to listen to the sermon in the Noble Sanctuary. The weather was hot, so I covered my head with my ihram garments. Is there anything required of me?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for you to cover your head unless you fear harm from severe cold or from the sun. If you place a covering on it, it is permissible for you to do so, but with a fidyah (ransom payment). You pay the fidyah by slaughtering a sheep in Makkah and distributing it to the poor, or by giving charity by feeding six poor people, each poor person receiving half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), meaning approximately one and a half kilograms of food in Makkah, for six poor people in Makkah, each poor person receiving one and a half kilograms of food, or by fasting for three days. You have the choice between these three things: slaughtering a sheep, feeding six poor people, or fasting for three days. This is based on the saying of the Exalted and Majestic: "And complete [the pilgrimage or the 'Umrah]." Based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And when you feel safe, then whoever enjoys the privilege of combining 'Umrah with Hajj..."
then [offer] what can be obtained with ease of sacrificial animals. And do not shave your heads until the sacrificial animal has reached its place of slaughter. And whoever among you is ill or has an ailment of the head [making shaving necessary must offer] a ransom of fasting [three days] or charity or sacrifice.
فَمَا اسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ الْهَدْيِ وَلَا تَحْلِقُوا رُءُوسَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ الْهَدْيُ مَحِلَّهُ فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ بِهِ أَذًى مِّن رَّأْسِهِ فَفِدْيَةٌ مِّن صِيَامٍ أَوْ صَدَقَةٍ أَوْ نُسُكٍThe presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to shave his head, and to slaughter a sheep, or feed six poor people, each poor person receiving a mudd (a quarter of a sa'), or fast for three days. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم تغطية المحرم رأسه لشدة الحر – الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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