Is there no expiation for one who commits a prohibited act of ihram while ignorant?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you. If someone were to say: This man in ihram wore a jacket, which is a prohibited act of ihram, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not, for example, order him to pay an expiation by slaughtering a sheep or the like. If we apply this principle to everyone who commits the prohibitions of ihram while forgetting or being ignorant, do we not order them to shed blood?
The Shaykh : And I say, apply it, apply it, may Allah reward you with good, apply it, and understand it as well.
Do not apply it until it drives you away.
The questioner : If someone were to say, how do we respond to this?
The Shaykh : We do not say, we say this is the correct view. Whoever commits a prohibited act of ihram, whether ignorant, forgetting, or coerced, owes nothing, no sin and no expiation, even in the case of sexual intercourse.
The questioner : Is this contrary to what is ruled in fatwas, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Hmm, it is not contrary to what is ruled in fatwas except if it is from some authorities, I do not know. The important thing is that we have given you a rule before: All the prohibitions of acts of worship, if a person commits them while forgetting, being ignorant, or being coerced, the general and specific evidence indicates that he owes nothing.
The Shaykh : And I say, apply it, apply it, may Allah reward you with good, apply it, and understand it as well.
Do not apply it until it drives you away.
The questioner : If someone were to say, how do we respond to this?
The Shaykh : We do not say, we say this is the correct view. Whoever commits a prohibited act of ihram, whether ignorant, forgetting, or coerced, owes nothing, no sin and no expiation, even in the case of sexual intercourse.
The questioner : Is this contrary to what is ruled in fatwas, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Hmm, it is not contrary to what is ruled in fatwas except if it is from some authorities, I do not know. The important thing is that we have given you a rule before: All the prohibitions of acts of worship, if a person commits them while forgetting, being ignorant, or being coerced, the general and specific evidence indicates that he owes nothing.