Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to eat something that contains fragrance, and is it permissible to wash her hair with fragrance?
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The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, is it a fragrant scent or a natural scent?
The questioner : I mean, is it a natural scent...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, but if it is a perfume, it is not permissible. If it is a natural scent, there is nothing wrong with it. Do you know what a natural scent is? For example, an apple has a pleasant smell, mint has a pleasant smell, and bitter orange has a pleasant smell. This does not harm because it is not a perfume. Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, combing the hair is fine. Washing it with non-perfumed soap is fine. It is strange that the common people also say that her prayer must correspond to the imam's prayer, meaning she does not pray before him or after him, and that she must take a full ritual bath every Friday, and other strange things. Glory be to Allah the Great. Yes.
The questioner : If she is wearing gold, she should remove it.
The Shaykh : Yes, she must remove the gold. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, is it a fragrant scent or a natural scent?
The questioner : I mean, is it a natural scent...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, but if it is a perfume, it is not permissible. If it is a natural scent, there is nothing wrong with it. Do you know what a natural scent is? For example, an apple has a pleasant smell, mint has a pleasant smell, and bitter orange has a pleasant smell. This does not harm because it is not a perfume. Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, combing the hair is fine. Washing it with non-perfumed soap is fine. It is strange that the common people also say that her prayer must correspond to the imam's prayer, meaning she does not pray before him or after him, and that she must take a full ritual bath every Friday, and other strange things. Glory be to Allah the Great. Yes.
The questioner : If she is wearing gold, she should remove it.
The Shaykh : Yes, she must remove the gold. Yes.