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Useful cautions in Iḥrām
1. When buying Iḥrām, unfold and check
it whether it fits you. If you bought the Iḥrām without checking, and it turned
out to be unfit at the time of your departure, you might face a painful ordeal.
2. Practice how to put on Iḥrām at home
before your departure.
3. You will be at ease in Ṣalāh etc. if
you use a cotton shawl for covering the lower part of the body and a towel
shawl for the upper part of the body.
4. Practice walking at home after you
have put on Iḥrām and belt etc. One who has put on Iḥrām for the first time
might face difficulty because the Iḥrām may be fastened very tightly or be
unfastened.
5. The cotton shawl of Iḥrām should be
thick and of good quality. Thin cloth might stick to the body because of sweat,
making the colour of thighs etc. visible. Some types of cloth are so thin that
the colour of thighs etc is visible even when the body is not sweating.
It is stated on page 194 of the 496
pages-containing book 'Laws of Ṣalāh' published by Maktaba-tul-Madīnah, the
publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami: 'If someone wears such thin clothing
that exposes such a part of the body which is Farḍ to be concealed in Ṣalāh, or
that exposes the colour of skin (of that part), the Ṣalāh will not be valid.'
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 480) | (Fatāwā 'Ālamgīrī, vol. 1, pp. 58)
Nowadays, the trend of wearing thin
clothing is growing. Wearing such thin clothes that expose any part of thigh or
Satr is Ḥarām even when not offering Ṣalāh.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 480)
6. It is a Sunnah to apply fragrance to
Iḥrām before you have made the intention. Do apply fragrance to Iḥrām but do
not put the bottle of fragrance into the pocket of the belt you are wearing,
because fragrance may come into contact with your hand if you put the hand into
the pocket after you have made the intention. If so much amount of fragrance
has come into contact with the hand that others consider it to be 'more' Dam
will be Wājib. If they consider it less, Ṣadaqah will be due. If the liquid of
the fragrance does not come into contact, but rather it has only caused the
hand to have fragrance, there will be no expiation in this case. If you want to
put the bottle of fragrance into your bag etc. wrap it in some polythene bag
and then put it at such a place where it will not come into contact with your
hand etc.
7. If the upper shawl has slipped down
from shoulders and the Muḥrim is going to draw it up, he should take care that
it neither touches his own head or face nor that of any other Muḥrim. I¹ have
personally seen that the upper shawls of some Muḥrim when being drawn up had
caught on the bald heads of other Muḥrims.
8. Many Muḥrims tie Tahband² of Iḥrām
from beneath their navel. Sometimes the upper shawl falls from their shoulders
due to carelessness, exposing some part of the body beneath the navel. Such
Muḥrims do not usually care about it at all. Similarly sometimes thighs etc.
become exposed to others when some Muḥrims walk or sit carelessly³.
Referance:
¹ The author, Amīr-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat
² i.e. a piece of cloth used to cover the lower part of the body.
³ See the method of observing veil within veil in the glossary given at the
end of the book.
Please remember this important
ruling that the body of man from below the navel up to and including the knees
is his 'Satr' (i.e. the body parts which must be kept covered), and exposing
even a small portion of it to others without Shar'ī permission is Ḥarām.
Note:
These rulings regarding veiling of man's
'Satr' are not confined to Iḥrām. Even when not in Iḥrām, it is Ḥarām to expose
one's Satr to others or to look at the Satr of others.
9. Some Muḥrims tie Tahband of Iḥrām
from beneath their navel, carelessly exposing some portion of their under navel
belly in the presence of others. It is stated in Bahār-e-Sharī'at: If one
fourth (1/4) portion of the under navel belly remains uncovered, Ṣalāh will not
be valid. Some people are so careless in this matter that their knees and
thighs are uncovered in the presence of others. This is Ḥarām (even when not in
the state of Iḥrām or not offering Ṣalāh). If someone is habitual of doing this,
he is a transgressor.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 481)
An
important caution
If the acts impermissible in the
state of Iḥrām occur due to some compulsion or by mistake, though there will be
no sin, the penalty imposed by Sharī'ah in this regard must be paid even if
these acts take place during sleep or under coercion.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 1083)
Mayn Iḥrām bāndhūn karūn Hajj-o-'Umrah
Milay lutf-e-Sa'ī-e-Ṣafā aur Marwah
May I put on Iḥrām and perform Hajj and 'Umrah
May I enjoy performing Sa'ī of Ṣafā and Marwah
صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبْ ۔ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Explanation
of Ḥaram
People generally assume that only
Masjid-ul-Ḥarām is Ḥaram. No doubt Masjid-ul-Ḥarām is also within Ḥaram but
Ḥaram has spread out¹ up to several miles around Makka-tul-Mukarramah with its
limits fixed in all directions.
For example, there lies a police
check point on the road about 23 kilometres away from Makka-tul-Mukarramah
towards Jeddah. On this road, there is a sign board that read: 'لِلْمُسْلِمِيْنَ فَقَطْ' (i.e. only for
Muslims) Ahead of it is Bīr-e-Shamīs², i.e. Ḥudaybiyah wherefrom the limit
of Ḥaram starts. According to the latest measurement made by a historian, the
circular area of Ḥaram is 127 kilometres, whereas its total area is 550
kilometres.
(Tārīkh
Makkah Mukarramah, pp. 15)
(The administration often makes new
roads and routes by building tunnels, cutting mountains and deforestation,
causing the area of the sacred territory to be increased or decreased.
Therefore, the correct limits of Ḥaram are the very same as stated in blessed
Aḥādīš.)
Ṭhandī ṭhandī hawā Ḥaram kī hay
Bārish Allah kay karam kī hay
Gentle breeze is blowing in Ḥaram
Rain of mercy is showering in Ḥaram
(Wasāil-e-Bakhshish,
pp. 124)
صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبْ ۔ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Referance:
¹ Obviously, the population of
Makka-tul-Mukarramah is increasing constantly, extending it beyond the limits
of Ḥaram in some directions. For example, Tan'īm is outside the limits of Ḥaram
but within the municipality of Makka-tul-Mukarramah.
² Name of a well
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