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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on a woman who applied perfume and kohl after entering the state of ihram while forgetting?

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The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
A woman applied perfume and kohl after entering the state of ihram while forgetting; what is the ruling in that?

The Shaykh : Okay, she owes nothing, but she should remove the perfume as soon as she remembers. As for the kohl, it does no harm. The perfume is forbidden in the state of ihram, whereas the kohl is not forbidden in the state of ihram. Then I say to you, O brothers: all the prohibitions in acts of worship, if a person commits them while forgetting, being ignorant, or being forced, he owes nothing, in all acts of worship, whether in the ritual prayer, or in fasting, or in the major pilgrimage. So if it happens that a person in the major pilgrimage has intercourse with his wife on the night of Muzdalifah, based on the assumption that once he stood at 'Arafah, the major pilgrimage was finished, misinterpreting the meaning in the authentic hadith:
The major pilgrimage is 'Arafah الحجّ عرفة
He said, "We stood at 'Arafah and the major pilgrimage was finished," and he had intercourse with his wife on the night of Muzdalifah, he owes nothing: no ransom payment, no invalidation of the major pilgrimage, and no making up of a missed act of worship. Why?

The questioner : Ignorant.

The Shaykh : Because he was ignorant. And so we say regarding all the prohibitions: if he killed game while ignorant or forgetting, he owes nothing. In the ritual prayer, if he spoke thinking that speaking is permissible, for example: his mother called him while he was praying, and he thought that answering his mother was obligatory, even in an obligatory prayer, so he spoke while not believing that he was invalidating the ritual prayer, then his ritual prayer is valid. And in fasting, if he ate thinking that the sun had set, then it turned out that it had not set, his fasting is valid. The important thing is, take this rule: "Whoever does something forbidden in an act of worship while forgetting, being ignorant, or being forced, he owes nothing: no sin, no making up of a missed act of worship, and no expiation", by the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. ربّنا لا تؤاخذنا إن نسينا أو أخطأنا
[Al-Baqarah 2:286]
So Allah the Exalted said:
He has done so قد فعلت
, and by His saying the Exalted:
And there is no blame upon you for that in which you have erred but [only for] what your hearts intended. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful. فليس عليكم جناح فيما أخطأتم به ولكن ما تعمّدت قلوبكم وكان الله غفوراً رحيماً
[Al-Ahzab 33:5]
, and by His saying the Exalted:
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; من كفر بالله من بعد إيمانه إلاّ من أكره وقلبه مطمئنّ بالإيمان ولكن من شرح بالكفر صدرًا فعليهم غضب من الله ولهم عذاب عظيم
[An-Nahl 16:106]
, Yes.
Source alathar.net

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