Question
6:
If the Muḥrim is wearing a bag or
belt with a bottle of fragrance in its pocket before he has made the intention
of Iḥrām, is it necessary for him to take the bottle out after he has made the
intention of Iḥrām? If the fragrance from the bottle of fragrance comes into
contact with the hand, will expiation be due in this case?
Answer:
It is not necessary to take the
bottle out of the bag or the belt after he has made the intention of Iḥrām. If
this fragrance comes into contact with the hand etc. after the intention of
Iḥrām, expiation will be due as it is not the fragrance applied to the body or
clothes before the intention of Iḥrām.
Question
7:
Before making the intention of
Iḥrām, if someone is wearing a perfumed bag around his neck with a perfumed
handkerchief and a perfumed rosary of Ṭawāf in the bag, can he use these things
after the intention of Iḥrām?
Answer:
To smell the smell of these things
deliberately is Makrūh. However, it is allowed to use them provided the
fragrance applied to them would not come into contact with the Iḥrām or the
body but it is obviously very difficult to protect the body or the Iḥrām from
fragrance when using rosary or handkerchief. Therefore, it is safer to avoid
using these things.
Question
8:
Before making the intention of
Iḥrām, if someone puts fragrance-applied two or three extra shawls onto his lap
or wears them and, after making the intention of Iḥrām, removes the extra ones;
can he use those shawls in the state of that Iḥrām?
Answer:
If the liquid form of the fragrance
still exists, those shawls cannot be used. However, if no liquid form exists,
only fragrance emanates from them, one can use them in this case but it is
still Makrūh Tanzīhī. Ṣadr-ush-Sharī'ah رَحْمَةُ
اللّٰهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْهِ has stated: If someone has applied
fragrance to shawls etc. before the intention of Iḥrām and has used them in the
state of Iḥrām, it is Makrūh to do so but no expiation will be due.
(ibid,
pp. 1165)
Question
9:
If one or both the shawls of Iḥrām
become unclean out of nocturnal emission or any other reason, two other shawls
are available, but fragrance had been applied to them before, can Muḥrim use
them?
Answer:
If the liquid form of the fragrance
or its coating still exists, Muḥrim cannot wear those shawls. If he wears them
expiation will be due. However, if no coating of fragrance exists, Muḥrim can
use them even if fragrance is emanating from them. However, it is still Makrūh
Tanzīhī to use such shawls without a Shar'ī reason. Islamic jurists have
stated: It is impermissible in the state of Iḥrām to wear a piece of cloth that
has a coating of fragrance on it.
('Ālamgīrī,
vol. 1, pp. 222)
It is stated in Bahār-e-Sharī'at:
If someone has applied fragrance to shawls etc. before the intention of Iḥrām
and has used them in the state of Iḥrām, it is Makrūh to do so but no expiation
will be due.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 1165)
Question
10:
If fragrance comes into contact with
a Muḥrim whilst he was kissing Ḥajar-ul-Aswad, what should he do?
Answer:
If a significant amount of fragrance
has come into contact, Dam will have to be paid. If small amount of fragrance
has come into contact, Ṣadaqah will have to be given¹.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 1164)
Question
11:
Can a Muḥrim deliberately smell a
fragrant flower or not?
Answer:
No. For a Muḥrim to smell fragrance
or a fragrant flower deliberately is Makrūh Tanzīhī but no expiation will be
due.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 1163)
Question
12:
Can a Muḥrim eat uncooked cardamom?
Answer:
No. It is Ḥarām. If the Muḥrim eats
pure fragrance such as cardamom, clove or cinnamon in so much amount that it
comes into contact with most part of the mouth, Dam will be Wājib. If the
fragrance comes into contact with lesser part of the mouth, Ṣadaqah will be
Wājib.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 1164)
Question
13:
Can a Muḥrim eat fragrant food,
aniseed, betel nuts, creamy biscuits, toffees, etc.?
¹ Muḥrim should make someone else
judge whether much amount or small amount of fragrance has come into contact
with him. As there is the expiation of Dam in case of much amount of fragrance
coming into contact, Muḥrim's Nafs may well declare much amount as small
amount.
Answer:
There is no harm in eating the
fragrance cooked in food even if fragrance is still emanating from it.
Similarly, if fragrance is not added at the time of cooking but after the
cooking, and the fragrance has vanished, eating that meal is also permissible.
If uncooked fragrance is mixed into food or medicine, and the amount of
fragrance exceeds that of odourless food or medicine, the ruling for pure
fragrance will apply in this case. If such fragrance comes into contact with
most part of the mouth, Dam will be Wājib. If it comes into contact with lesser
part of the mouth, Ṣadaqah will be Wājib. If the amount of grain etc. exceeds
that of pure fragrance, there will be no expiation. If pure fragrance emanates
from such food, it is Makrūh Tanzīhī to eat it.
Question
14:
How is it to have soft drinks,
fragrance-added beverages, fruit-juices, etc.?
Answer:
If sandal fragrance is added to the
beverage, it is allowed to drink it because sandal fragrance is cooked before
being added to the beverage. If an essence is also added to the beverage to
make it fragrant, it is usually added to the cooked beverage after it has been
cooled. The essence is obviously added to the beverage in small amount. The
ruling on this type of essence-added beverage is that if a Muḥrim has drunk it
three times or more, Dam will be due otherwise Ṣadaqah.
It is stated in Bahār-e-Sharī'at:
If a Muḥrim has drunk a fragrance-added beverage, Dam will be due provided
fragrance is in large amount. If the fragrance is in small amount but the
Muḥrim has drunk such a beverage three times or more, Dam will be due otherwise
Ṣadaqah.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 1165)
Question
15:
Can a Muḥrim apply coconut oil to
his head etc.?
Answer:
There is no harm in it. Even so, the
rulings of pure fragrance will apply in case of applying sesame and olive oil.
They cannot be applied to the body even if they are odourless. However,
expiation will not be Wājib in case of eating them, sniffing them, applying
them to a wound or dropping them into the ear.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 1166)
Question
16:
How is it to apply fragrant kohl
into eyes in the state of Iḥrām?
Answer:
It is Ḥarām. Ṣadr-ush-Sharī'ah
Badr-uṭ-Ṭarīqah 'Allāmah Maulānā Muftī Muhammad Amjad 'Alī A'zamī عَلَيْہِ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰہِ الْقَوِی has stated: In case
of applying fragrant kohl once or twice, Ṣadaqah will be Wājib. In case of
applying it thrice or more, Dam will be Wājib. There is no harm in using the
kohl that has no fragrance in it provided it is necessary. To use even such
odourless kohl unnecessarily is Makrūh.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 1164)
Question
17:
Is it necessary to remove fragrance
for the one who has paid the expiation for using it?
Answer:
As the use of fragrance is an
offence in the state of Iḥrām, removing fragrance from the body or cloth is
Wājib. If fragrance is not removed after paying expiation, Dam will be Wājib
again.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 1166)
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