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What Becomes Haram To The Muhrim

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What Becomes Haram To The Muhrim

First: Hunting Wild Animals, Unless There Is Fear Of Their Attack

Second: Sex

Having sexual intercourse, kissing, caressing, or amorously looking (at the opposite sex). In short, any kind of carnal pleasure.

 

If a man lustfully and sensually kisses his wife, he should give a camel as kaffarah. If there is no lust or sensuality, he should offer a sheep. Kissing those other than the spouse, such as one's mother or children, is not Haram and does not require kaffarah.

 

If there is sexual intercourse after Wuquf in al-Mashar al-Haram and before the end of the tawaf an-nisa, Hajj would be correct, but kaffarah should be offered. But if it is after tawaf an-nisa, no kaffarah should be given. The fuqaha disagree on its hukm during tawaf an-nisa: whether doing half of it or passing through the fifth shawt is equal to the entire tawaf.

 

One camel should be offered as kaffarah for masturbation, which leads to ejaculation.

 

Third: Marriage

It is not permissible for the muhrim to contract marriage for himself or on behalf of another person whether the latter is a muhrim or a non-muhrim (muhill).

 

Fourth: Masturbation

Masturbation means causing ejaculation with the hands or other means.

 

One who mistakenly or unaware of the precept masturbates, does not have to pay kaffarah and should engage in istighfar. If he does so knowingly and deliberately, he should offer a camel as kaffarah. If he cannot offer the camel, he should sacrifice a sheep. If he masturbates before al- Muzdalifah, he should complete the Hajj rites and perform it over again next year. The same applies to a case in which his wife touches his genitals.

 

Fifth: Use Of Perfume

Use of perfume-whether it is musk, saffron, camphor, aloes-wood, ambergris (in general perfume in the absolute sense of the word is prohibited).

 

Based on necessary precaution, one should abstain from smelling anything, which has a scent, but which is not deemed perfume.

 

Repeated use of sweet-smelling material such that it is considered as one application does not increase the kaffarah, but apparently kaffarah should be offered for each application, even though the principle of necessity of kaffarah on sweet-smelling material is not prescribed.

 

Sixth: Men Should Not Wear Stitched Clothes

Men should not wear stitched clothes, including shirt, underwear, long garment open in the front, vest, coat, and the like. The same applies to clothes with buttons and also woven clothes, though these might not be stitched.

 

If a man needs the aforementioned clothes, it is permissible for him to wear them but, based on precaution, he should offer kaffarah.

 

Women are allowed to wear stitched clothes without any restrictions.

 

It is permissible to wear wallets, belts, and other small stitched items that are not ordinarily considered as clothes.

Seventh: Darkening The Eyelids With Kohl For Ornamentation, Even If There Is No Intention For Ornamentation

Based on necessary precaution, one should avoid using kohl, which might cause ornamentation.

 

Application of kohl is for both men and women.

 

There is no kaffarah for application of kohl.

 

Eighth: Looking Into The Mirror

There is no problem in wearing glasses without having the intention for adornment. But based on precaution, glasses should not be worn for adornment.

 

Ninth: Wearing Boots, Giveh (Light Cotton Shoes), Socks And The Like

This applies to men only.

 

Evidently, covering the surface of the feet (from the ankle) with boots, socks, and the like is forbidden. At any rate, if the muhrim has to wear such items, he should, as a precaution, tear the surface area.

 

There is no kaffarah for whatsoever covers the surface of the feet.

 

Tenth: Fusuq

Fusuq does not merely apply to lying. It also covers cursing and boasting.

 

Fusuq is forbidden, even if it does not involve insulting and cursing others.

 

Eleventh: Jidal

Jidal, which means saying such words as "Yes, by Allah!" or "No, by Allah!" Pronouncing the words "No" and "Yes" to indicate negative and affirmative contexts is not related to jidal. Jidal means swearing to prove or disprove something.

 

Twelfth: Killing Insects That Appear On One's Body Such As Louse, Flee And Leech

Thirteenth: Wearing Rings For Adornment

Wearing rings for adornment. There is, however, no problem in wearing rings for istihbab.

 

There is no problem in wearing rings for a special purpose other than adornment and istihbab.

 

It is forbidden for the muhrim to dye his body with henna for adornment. As a necessary precaution, henna should not be used for adornment, even if there is no intention to this effect. There is no kaffarah for wearing rings and dying the body with henna.

 

Fourteenth: Women's Use Of Ornaments

As necessary precaution, ornaments should not be used for adornment, even if there is no intention to this effect.

 

Ornaments that women habitually wear before ihram should not be taken off to get into the state of ihram.

 

Women should not show to men even to their husbands, ornaments that they habitually wear.

 

Using ornaments is n but does not involve kaffarah.

 

Fifteenth: Applying Oil To The Body (An Ointment)

Application of oil to the body members and the hair for ornamentation and softness is not permissible, even if the oil has no perfume.

 

There is no kaffarah for application of perfume-free oil.

 

There is no kaffarah for application of perfumed oil, but based on the ahwat, a sheep should be offered as kaffarah.

 

Sixteenth: Removing Hair

Removing hair from the body of oneself or from that of another person, whether he is a muhrim or a muhill.

 

If apart from the time of wudhu and ghusl, one touches his head or face and hair falls out, he should, as a precaution, offer a handful of wheat, flour, or the like even though the necessity of this ihtiyat is not prescribed.

 

Seventeenth: Men Should Not Cover Their Heads With Anything

As a precaution, men should offer a sheep as sacrifice for covering the head. Covering parts of the head does not involve the hukm for the entire head, unless it conventionally signifies this; for instance, such as wearing a small hat that covers only the middle part of the head.

 

As a precaution, kaffarah should be offered each time the head is covered.

 

It is not permissible to immerse the entire head into water. The impermissibility of this act as regards some parts of the head has not been prescribed.

 

Based on precaution, a sheep should be offered as kaffarah for immersing the entire head into water.

 

There is no problem in drying the head with towels and the like, unless the towel covers the entire head.

 

There is no problem in wearing a handkerchief around the head to relieve headache.

 

Eighteenth: Women Covering Their Faces

Women should not cover their faces with small black veils or any other such items.

 

It is forbidden for women to cover the face as they habitually do to observe the hijab. But covering parts of the top or bottom or the sides of the face during prayer and on other occasions would bear no problem, provided that it does not signify covering the whole face.

 

There is no kaffarah for using small black veils on the face, no matter how these are used.

 

Nineteenth: It Is Not Permissible For The Muhrim Man To Shade Himself

Men are not allowed to shade themselves. But for women and child it is permissible and involves no kaffarah.

 

Passing under a shade is forbidden when one is moving from a place. But when one resides in a place such as Mina or elsewhere there is no problem in moving under the shade. Nor is there any problem in using an umbrella or the like to be under shade, even if one is walking. Therefore, the muhrim can use an umbrella to go from his tent in Mina to the place where sacrifices are offered or where ramy al-Jamarat is carried out.

 

It is not permissible for the muhrim to be under shade while travelling in any vehicle, aeroplane, or ship, which has a roof. There is, however, no problem in passing through or under fixed shades such as bridges and tunnels.

 

While moving from a place, the muhrim can use the shade of the side of the mount, the wall, or the car, but, based on precaution, he should abstain from it.

 

Sitting under the roof while moving from a place at night is contrary to precaution, even though it might be permissible.

 

The muhrim can sit in a roofed car or aeroplane that transports him at night. But he should observe the ihtiyat on rainy and cold nights, unless this ihtiyat causes him distress.

 

Those who board a ship in the state of ihram should not remain under its root. But sitting next to the ship's wall, which provides shade, is obviously permissible, though, based on ihtiyat mustahabb, this should be avoided.

 

A sheep should be offered as kaffarah for going under the shade while moving or travelling from a place.

 

Those who become muhrim for Hajj in the Masjid al-Haram and have taken residence in Makkah till the Day of Arafa can use shade, so long as they are not going outside Makkah.

 

Using the shade involves no problem for one who has become muhrim in Taneem since it has become part of Makkah, which in turn has the status of residence.

 

Twentieth: Causing Blood To Gush Out From The Body

There is no kaffarah for causing blood to gush out from the body, although as a precaution, one sheep should be offered as sacrifice.

 

During ihram, it is impermissible to scrape the skin, brush the teeth or do anything, else that causes bleeding. But drawing blood out of body of others does not have the same hukm.

 

Twenty-first: Clipping The Nails

If a person clips all nails of his hands and less than ten nails of his feet, he should offer one sheep for nails of his hands and one mudd food for each nail of his feet. If he clips alt nails on his feet and clips less than ten nails on his hands, he should offer a sheep for the nails of his feet and one mudd food for each nail of his hand.

 

Twenty-second: Pulling Out A Tooth Without Bleeding Is Not Forbidden, Nor Does It Require Kaffarah

In case pulling out the tooth is imperative and causes bleeding, a sheep should be offered as kaffarah based on ihtiyat mustahabb.

 

Twenty-third: Cutting A Tree Or Plant That Has Grown In The Haram

Twenty-fourth: Carrying Arms

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