What is the ruling on a person in ihram using scented handkerchiefs around the Ka'bah?
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Question : May Allah reward you. He says: There are people who distribute scented handkerchiefs around the Ka'bah before breaking the fast, and those in ihram use them. Is that permissible? And does this affect the one in ihram?
Answer : And by Allah, scented with what? Some scent or perfume? No, it is not permissible for a person in ihram to use it. If these handkerchiefs are scented, it is not permissible for a person in ihram to use them. If the handkerchiefs are scented, it is not permissible for a person in ihram to use them, and it is not permissible for a person in ihram to give them to another person in ihram. Pay attention to this. Therefore, I see that the sin falls upon the one who perfumes the Black Stone, while the people in ihram circumambulate it and touch it by taking hold of it and kissing it. The sin is on the one who perfumed this stone, because he caused the Muslims in ihram to fall into a prohibition among the prohibitions of ihram. If he wants to perfume the Ka'bah, and we said that is permissible, then let him do so in other places that people do not touch. As for something from the rituals of the Muslims where perfume is applied and the person in ihram and the non-person in ihram take hold of it, this exposes the worship of the people in ihram to committing a prohibited act. But suppose a person, when he approaches the stone, takes hold of it and kisses it, and the perfume sticks to his hand and his lips, what does the person in ihram do? He must immediately remove it and wash it. Perfume, how does he remove or wash it?
As for removing it, it is easy. He can remove it by wiping his hand with the covering of the Ka'bah. If the scent is removed by wiping what he touched with the covering of the Ka'bah, then that is sufficient for him. Otherwise, let him go out of the circumambulation area and wash his hands with the water of Zamzam. So the matter involves hardship for the people in ihram. Yes.
Answer : And by Allah, scented with what? Some scent or perfume? No, it is not permissible for a person in ihram to use it. If these handkerchiefs are scented, it is not permissible for a person in ihram to use them. If the handkerchiefs are scented, it is not permissible for a person in ihram to use them, and it is not permissible for a person in ihram to give them to another person in ihram. Pay attention to this. Therefore, I see that the sin falls upon the one who perfumes the Black Stone, while the people in ihram circumambulate it and touch it by taking hold of it and kissing it. The sin is on the one who perfumed this stone, because he caused the Muslims in ihram to fall into a prohibition among the prohibitions of ihram. If he wants to perfume the Ka'bah, and we said that is permissible, then let him do so in other places that people do not touch. As for something from the rituals of the Muslims where perfume is applied and the person in ihram and the non-person in ihram take hold of it, this exposes the worship of the people in ihram to committing a prohibited act. But suppose a person, when he approaches the stone, takes hold of it and kisses it, and the perfume sticks to his hand and his lips, what does the person in ihram do? He must immediately remove it and wash it. Perfume, how does he remove or wash it?
As for removing it, it is easy. He can remove it by wiping his hand with the covering of the Ka'bah. If the scent is removed by wiping what he touched with the covering of the Ka'bah, then that is sufficient for him. Otherwise, let him go out of the circumambulation area and wash his hands with the water of Zamzam. So the matter involves hardship for the people in ihram. Yes.
Source
دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام لعام 1417هـ - 10 — binothaimeen.net (42:00)
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