Pilgrims in tents: If the number is large and some cannot sleep due to the light, is it permissible to cover their face and head?
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The questioner : Pilgrims in tents: If the number is large and some cannot sleep due to the light, is it permissible to cover their face and head?
The Shaykh : Covering the face is permissible; covering the face only.
The questioner : What if the covering extends to the head?
The Shaykh : If it happens while sleeping, there is no harm, because he is sleeping and there is no blame on him. But I doubt that covering the face without the head is permissible if he is using a small handkerchief.
The questioner : ... the ihram itself is the same garment.
The Shaykh : No, that is not permissible, because he must cover the head. Well, he cannot place a black sheet.
The questioner : It is not possible.
The Shaykh : Is that not possible?
The student: There are fabrics now, Shaykh, like sheets.
The Shaykh : Like sheets, yes. Because in my opinion, if he covers his face with something other than a handkerchief, he covers the head. And with a handkerchief, it is also not permissible; the handkerchief, any movement... But here, as long as the person is not moving, let the handkerchief be; it does not matter to you. Yes, Adam.
The questioner : If he needs to cover his head for a long period and he did cover it, what is required of him?
The Shaykh : If we adopt the opinion that there is no fidyah, then there is no fidyah, and it is permissible for him to cover his head with no fidyah upon him, as we mentioned. But the ruling issued is that he owes a fidyah of harm.
The questioner : One.
The Shaykh : Yes, one fidyah, as long as he intends to pay it for this cause. But if he recovered and had already paid, and then needed it a second time, he owes a second fidyah. And if he did not pay for the first one, one fidyah suffices for both, because the cause is one. Yes.
The Shaykh : Covering the face is permissible; covering the face only.
The questioner : What if the covering extends to the head?
The Shaykh : If it happens while sleeping, there is no harm, because he is sleeping and there is no blame on him. But I doubt that covering the face without the head is permissible if he is using a small handkerchief.
The questioner : ... the ihram itself is the same garment.
The Shaykh : No, that is not permissible, because he must cover the head. Well, he cannot place a black sheet.
The questioner : It is not possible.
The Shaykh : Is that not possible?
The student: There are fabrics now, Shaykh, like sheets.
The Shaykh : Like sheets, yes. Because in my opinion, if he covers his face with something other than a handkerchief, he covers the head. And with a handkerchief, it is also not permissible; the handkerchief, any movement... But here, as long as the person is not moving, let the handkerchief be; it does not matter to you. Yes, Adam.
The questioner : If he needs to cover his head for a long period and he did cover it, what is required of him?
The Shaykh : If we adopt the opinion that there is no fidyah, then there is no fidyah, and it is permissible for him to cover his head with no fidyah upon him, as we mentioned. But the ruling issued is that he owes a fidyah of harm.
The questioner : One.
The Shaykh : Yes, one fidyah, as long as he intends to pay it for this cause. But if he recovered and had already paid, and then needed it a second time, he owes a second fidyah. And if he did not pay for the first one, one fidyah suffices for both, because the cause is one. Yes.