The ruling on one who commits a prohibited act while ignorant, forgetful, or coerced
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The ruling on one who commits a prohibited act while ignorant, forgetful, or coerced
These prohibited acts have a penalty and a ransom payment known to the jurists, but what concerns us is knowing that if a person commits these prohibited acts while forgetful, ignorant, or coerced, he owes nothing: no sin, no invalidation of his pilgrimage, no tax, and no ransom payment. If a person does so while forgetful, ignorant, or coerced, he owes nothing.
So if a person forgets and covers his head, he owes nothing; but if he remembers, he must remove the covering from his head.
And if he applies perfume while forgetful and then remembers, he owes nothing; but he must wash off the perfume.
And if he touches his wife while forgetful, he owes nothing; and if he has intercourse with her while forgetful, he owes nothing. And if a man coerces his wife, who is in the state of ihram, and she has intercourse with him, she owes nothing.
The important thing is that the basic principle in the Islamic Shari'ah is: that one who commits the prohibited acts while forgetful or coerced owes nothing,The evidence: His saying, the Exalted: [al-Baqarah: 286] , (so Allah the Exalted said: I have done so) .
And Allah the Exalted said: [al-Ahzab: 5] .
And Allah the Exalted said: [al-Nahl: 106] .
And if coercion to disbelief, which is the greatest of sins, is lifted from the servant, then what is less than it is all the more so.
And in the hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (Indeed, Allah has overlooked for my nation error, forgetfulness, and what they were coerced into) .
This is a brief overview of Hajj, its obligatory acts, its pillars, and its prohibited acts. Whoever wants to expand on that, praise be to Allah, the books are available, and the small manuals of rites are available, so let him refer to them.
These prohibited acts have a penalty and a ransom payment known to the jurists, but what concerns us is knowing that if a person commits these prohibited acts while forgetful, ignorant, or coerced, he owes nothing: no sin, no invalidation of his pilgrimage, no tax, and no ransom payment. If a person does so while forgetful, ignorant, or coerced, he owes nothing.
So if a person forgets and covers his head, he owes nothing; but if he remembers, he must remove the covering from his head.
And if he applies perfume while forgetful and then remembers, he owes nothing; but he must wash off the perfume.
And if he touches his wife while forgetful, he owes nothing; and if he has intercourse with her while forgetful, he owes nothing. And if a man coerces his wife, who is in the state of ihram, and she has intercourse with him, she owes nothing.
The important thing is that the basic principle in the Islamic Shari'ah is: that one who commits the prohibited acts while forgetful or coerced owes nothing,The evidence: His saying, the Exalted:
Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred.
رَبَّنَا لا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِنْ نَسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَاAnd Allah the Exalted said:
And there is no blame upon you for that in which you have erred but [only for] what your hearts intended
وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ فِيمَا أَخْطَأْتُمْ بِهِ وَلَكِنْ مَا تَعَمَّدَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْAnd Allah the Exalted said:
Whoever disbelieves in Allah after his belief... except for one who is forced [to renounce his religion] while his heart is secure in faith. But those who [willingly] open their breasts to disbelief, upon them is wrath from Allah, and for them is a great punishment;
مَنْ كَفَرَ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ إِيمَانِهِ إِلَّا مَنْ أُكْرِهَ وَقَلْبُهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ بِالْأِيمَانِ وَلَكِنْ مَنْ شَرَحَ بِالْكُفْرِ صَدْراً فَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌAnd if coercion to disbelief, which is the greatest of sins, is lifted from the servant, then what is less than it is all the more so.
And in the hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (Indeed, Allah has overlooked for my nation error, forgetfulness, and what they were coerced into) .
This is a brief overview of Hajj, its obligatory acts, its pillars, and its prohibited acts. Whoever wants to expand on that, praise be to Allah, the books are available, and the small manuals of rites are available, so let him refer to them.