If a person in the state of ihram applies perfume to his body and it then flows downward, does this have any effect?

The Shaykh : Here is a problem that occurs frequently: if a person applies perfume to his body, placing it on his head and his beard, and then the perfume flows from the place where he put it, descending downward, does this have any effect or not? The answer is no, it has no effect, because the movement of the perfume here by itself is not what moved it; it is not as if he took it with his hand from his head and placed it, for example, on his chest. No, it flowed by itself. And because the apparent state of the Companions, indeed the apparent state of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions, was that they did not mind if the perfume flowed, because they applied it in a state where it was permissible for them to apply it, so they did not pay attention to it afterward. This is a clear matter. But here is something else: the person in the state of ihram will perform wudu, will he not? And if he perfumed his head, he will wipe his head with his hands. And if he wipes his head with his hands, some of the perfume will stick to his hands. So what does he do? Do we say, "Prepare for yourself a sock to put on your hand if you want to wipe your head so that you do not touch the perfume"? No, because this is excessive strictness in the religion and there is no evidence for it. Do we say, "Wipe the head with a stick or something like it, such as wood or leather," and on this basis the person in the state of ihram carries sticks and pieces of leather with which to wipe his head? The answer is no. What remains is that he wipes with his hand directly, and here a difficulty arises: the perfume will certainly stick to his hand. So what does he do? According to the madhhab, he must wash his hands of this perfume immediately; he must wash his hands of this perfume until its scent is gone immediately. But what appears to me is that this is something that is excused, because the man did not initiate the perfume, and this is a perfume that is commanded, and the hardship of washing his hand until the scent is gone is not something the Shari'ah returns to. So the correct view is that there is no blame on him for wiping, even if the perfume sticks to his hand, because he did not resume it and did not initiate it while in the state of ihram.