Omar Suleiman – Umrah and Hajj 101 – The Dos and Donts – Part 6
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The speaker discusses the potential consequences of being in a distressed or hesitant state, including negative behavior and workplace workplace behavior. They emphasize the importance of offering a sacrifice to avoid workplace behavior and the use of blankets and clothing for various purposes. The rules for cutting or trimming hair are not a sacrifice, but it is okay for men. The use of unscented soap during quarantine is discussed, and the importance of avoiding touching the spouse during a bathroom break and not kissing them is emphasized. The speaker also discusses scents and scents, including unscented soap and unscented soap, and how it falls into the unscented soap category.
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Now that you're in the state of ihram,
you're now in a sanctified state.
Now you're subject to a number of prohibitions.
Unintentional things are forgiven.
The Prophet ﷺ says, أعذر الله لأمتي الخطأ
والنسيان واستقيه عليه that a person will be
forgiven for what they do out of ignorance,
out of forgetfulness or under compulsion.
So a lot of times, a lot of
these things that you're gonna see here, you
forget that you're in a state of ihram
and you do them.
Or you're combing your hair, you're combing your
beard too hard, and some hairs fall out,
whatever happens, and a person starts to panic.
And a lot of people react in different
ways.
Many people what they do in Umrah or
Hajj is that they just keep on doing
sacrifices, sacrifices, sacrifices, sacrifices.
Because if I just keep on doing, I
just want to make sure I don't mess
up.
So every time I unintentionally do something or
I forget something or some Shaykh said that
I might have just violated ihram, I'm just
gonna go offer a sacrifice.
And if there's an app, then you're just
murdering sheep on your app on a consistent
basis.
Like, oops, sorry, another one, another one, another
one.
Don't have that su'adhan in Allah.
Don't think bad of Allah, okay?
So if you unintentionally do something or you
forget, don't worry about it inshaAllah ta'ala.
You simply proceed.
The things that you cannot do intentionally, intentionally,
all right?
These are what we're talking about here.
So for men only to wear sewn clothes
that fit any part of your body, that
fit any limbs of your body.
What that means is that when you wear
ihram, it's not fitted to any part of
your body, right?
It's a garment or it's a towel that
you're wearing over yourself.
But to wear a shirt is fitted to
you, okay?
To wear socks is fitted to your limbs.
So maqid here particularly refers to something that's
sewn and something that's fitted to your limbs.
This is obviously only for men.
So for example, underwear would fall into that
prohibition.
Underwear is okay though for someone that has
urinary incontinence or something of that sort.
But otherwise it falls under that prohibition.
So a person will only be in their
ihram.
Blankets are permissible then, right?
Because blankets are not fitted to any part
of your body, right?
Blankets will be worn over you.
You know, or especially if it gets cold
in the nighttime, sometimes in minna it gets
cold at night.
For some reason it'll get cold and especially
the way that the ACs are, you know,
they're blowing on half.
So half of the tent is really cold
and half of the tent is really hot
depending on where you're positioned and where the
AC is blowing on you.
So it's okay to wrap yourself in blankets
inshallah ta'ala or anything of that sort
because it doesn't fall under the category of
clothes.
Umbrellas are fine.
Watches are fine.
Rings are fine.
Identification tags are fine.
Stitch belts are fine because those don't fit
any part of your body in particular.
Sandals or slippers that have some stitching on
them, they're fine as long as they don't
cover your ankle to where they fit your
feet like shoes.
They're all fine inshallah ta'ala.
All of those don't fall under the category
of makhit, okay?
If a person has to wear, you know,
some sort of, if a person has to
wrap their ankle because they have some sort
of sprain or what, that's fine inshallah ta
'ala.
If you're gonna wear a shoe bag or
some sort of backpack, that's fine.
All of those do not fall under the
category of makhit.
Now let's say that someone, you know, violates
this, then what's due upon them?
A sacrifice.
So let's say that, you know, particularly with
the men, someone says, you know, I'm gonna
wear my underwear and I'm gonna, you know,
then you would offer a sacrifice in that
place.
If a person had to wear socks, let's
say, because they have a wound, or if
a person had some sort of need to
wear something, if they need to do so,
all right, if they need to do so,
then they're not in trouble if they need
to do so, okay?
So if something needs to be worn for
some sort of need, then it's not a
problem inshallah ta'ala.
But if something is being worn just because
then it is going to be an issue
and obviously you need to offer a sacrifice.
But even if a person is doing something
out of need, if they wanna offer the
sacrifice inshallah ta'ala just to be on
the safe side, that's fine as well.
Number two is cutting or plucking hair.
So this requires to, this is for men
and women, that this requires a sacrifice.
That does not include unintentional shedding through comb,
right, if you're combing.
This happens a lot.
People start flipping out because a few hairs
might've fallen.
Obviously you should, you know, try not to
be too rough when you're combing your hair,
you're combing your beard because you don't want
hairs to fall out.
But if they do, it's not a problem
inshallah ta'ala if it's just unintentional.
Clipping nails for men and women requires a
sacrifice.
Now, what if you're, you know, you break
a nail by accident or what if you're
a nail biter, you know, and you forget
at some point and you catch yourself biting
your nails, nihram, do you need to go
and offer a sacrifice?
No, because it was unintentional, it was done
out of forgetfulness, it was done out of
ignorance, by accident, whatever it may be.
But to purposely cut the nails or trim
the nails would require a sacrifice.
For sisters, covering your face with niqab in
particular.
Now, this is a difference of opinion amongst
the scholars.
Why?
Because Aisha radiallahu anha mentioned that the women
uncovered their faces, that some of the women
uncovered their faces, those who traditionally covered their
faces, they uncovered their faces in hajj.
But when people, you know, when they found
that it was crowded or when there were
riders passing by, then they covered their faces.
So some of the scholars said that if
a woman wears niqab, then, you know, instead
of wearing the niqab here, she could wear
something that covers her face, like something like
a veil that would cover her face if
she wanted to do that.
But otherwise, it is prohibited.
Could someone, one of the brothers, inshallah, talk
to the kids, inshallah.
Uthman, you wanna just, please don't hurt them,
all right?
But just a few.
All right, so for a woman that, you
know, generally speaking, covering the face is prohibited
during the hajj for women as well.
But again, if it's something that a woman
does, she practices niqab, she wants to cover
her face because of the crowd and things
of that sort, then inshallah ta'ala there's
no penalty for her.
A lot of people take the, there's a
difference of opinion on what touching the face
here means.
So you'll see some sisters that wear niqab,
they'll wear a baseball cap or something of
that sort, then there's a veil that's coming
outwards.
Allah knows best, but you know, that's not
something that would be necessary in that case.
So a person can wear something, can simply
draw something over their face if they really
wanted to, if they wanted to practice that,
inshallah ta'ala.
That was quick.
You did good, inshallah.
All right, a person can continue to cover
their face if they wanted to, inshallah, just
to, you know, to fulfill that practice that
they do otherwise.
Now, what about wearing the mask?
You know, because of, for sanitary purposes.
Does that fall under the ruling of niqab
for a brother or sister?
What do you guys think?
No.
I personally, not only do I think it's
permissible, I recommend it, all right?
So I recommend if a person wants to
wear a mask in ihram, outside of ihram,
for sanitary purposes, there are a lot of
things floating around over there.
People coughing all over you and all types
of things, and you know, it's very easy
to get sick.
So if a person wants to wear a
mask for sanitary reasons, it's fine for men
and for women, inshallah ta'ala, and it
does not require a sacrifice, okay?
Covering your head, for men and women or
just for men?
For men, requires a sacrifice, okay?
So you can't cover your head while you're
in ihram.
Let's say that you had your blanket, and
you know, just in a moment of forgetfulness,
you put your blanket over your head.
Don't, you know, don't panic, just put your
blanket down, but you can't cover your head
during hajj.
They have this new creative idea, which is
to put like a cap that has like
an umbrella, like a mini umbrella.
Some of you might have seen it.
It looks really interesting, but it does fall
under the category of covering the head.
So just because the umbrella is a little
bit off, you know, doesn't mean that it's
not a hat.
So you can't cover your head.
For brothers, you cannot cover your head during
ihram.
Wearing any type of cologne or perfume would
require a sacrifice as well, so any type
of scent.
Showers are still okay.
You can take as many showers as you
want in ihram.
You just can't use scented, you know, perfume
or whatever it may be, or cologne in
that situation.
What about perfumed soap?
Is perfumed soap, you know, a violation of
ihram?
Okay, it's one of those questionable things.
So it's better to avoid.
To be honest with you, I personally don't
view it as a violation, but it's still
better to avoid because it's likened to cologne
or perfume or things of that sort.
But if a person went into a bathroom
and they forgot, you know, whatever it is,
they use some perfume soap or some scented
soap, and then they realize that it was
scented, you don't have to panic and you
don't have to scream or anything like that.
It's okay, inshallah ta'ala, just move on.
There is unscented soap, there's unscented deodorant, there's
unscented all types of things, inshallah.
You can use those things.
And perfumed soap or scented soap simply falls
into the doubtful things that it's better to
avoid, inshallah ta'ala.
Kissing or touching the spouse, you know, touching
your spouse provocatively requires obviously major istighfar.
It is a violation in ihram.
Some scholars would say it requires a sacrifice.
Obviously, if you can't kiss your spouse, then
you also can't kiss random people in ihram.
So please, you know, keep your hands to
yourself and don't, you know, don't kiss anybody
else as well provocatively while you're in your
ihram.
Engaging in intimacy with the spouse would invalidate
a person's hajj altogether, okay?
Believe it or not, it's happened.
I've had it happen before where we had
a very interesting situation, all right?
But, you know, make sure that you're out
of ihram, even with the umrah.
What ends up happening a lot of times,
couples, you know, go to, so I personally,
my package is usually known as the honeymoon.
We usually have the honeymoon hajj because we
got a bunch of young couples that are,
you know, holding hands and stuff like that
even while they're throwing, romantically throwing rocks at
the jamarats and shayateen, you know?
Sharing the moment and taking selfies and, you
know, enjoying the process, whatever it may be.
But what ends up happening is that a
lot of times we drive into Mecca and,
you know, before the couple would finish umrah,
it's not frequent, but it's happened, you know,
where they'd engage in intimacy and then they'd
come out and they're like, what do I
do now?
And it's like, well, you should have thought
about that, you know, before you finished your,
you know, before you did that, before you
violated your ihram.
So obviously, you know, that's something that's prohibited
during the ihram.
You won't really have to worry about it
during the hajj ihram because there are no
hotels anyway, but during the umrah ihram, it
does become an issue.
Entering into a marriage contract is also not
allowed in ihram.
So if you see someone that you like
and you decide to go into a nikah,
you can't do that during your ihram, all
right?
Hunting, if you decide to hunt in ihram,
that also violates your ihram.
So the sacrifice for hunting is that an
animal like that which you hunted would be
given as a sacrifice.
What about insects?
Can I kill insects in ihram?
Yes, okay?
You don't have to, if you've got a
spider on you, if you've got something that's
biting you, you don't have to let it
go because it's ihram, okay?
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam mentioned things that
could be killed, harmful things that could be
killed while a person is in ihram.
And he said SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam in a
hadith about the crow, the kite, the scorpion,
the mouse and a ferocious dog.
So the scholars extended beyond that as well,
obviously when it comes to insects and snakes
and things that are harmful, those things could
all be killed in ihram.
Scented insect repellents would be not permissible.
So I wanna clarify here because scented would
be something that would have a strong smell
to it, that would be an issue during
the ihram.
Cutting down trees, if anybody likes to cut
down trees for some reason, cutting down trees
in the sacred precinct also requires a sacrifice.
So please don't get married, cut down trees
or hunt while you're in your ihram.
I've never had to deal with hunting or
cutting down trees.
There aren't many trees anyway.