Question
8:
If a Muḥrim has the problem of
passing drops after urination, what should he do?
Answer:
It is advisable for him to tie an
unstitched Taḥband (i.e. a piece of cloth used to cover the lower part of the
body). To tie a Taḥband in the state of Iḥrām is absolutely permissible
provided it is unstitched.
(Mulakhkhaṣ
az: Fatāwā Razawiyyah, vol. 10, pp. 664)
Question
9:
Is there any expiation for wearing
stitched clothes due to illness etc.?
Answer:
Yes. If a Muḥrim wears clothes from
head to toe due to illness, it will be considered one unintentional offence¹.
If he has worn clothes for the period of a day or night² or more than it, Dam
will be Wājib. In case of wearing clothes for less than this period, Ṣadaqah
will be due. If there is the need of wearing just one cloth due to illness but
he wears two clothes; for example, if there is the need of wearing just shirt
but he wears stitched vest as well, though there will be just one expiation in
this case, he will be considered a sinner. If he wears the extra clothes on any
other part of the body, for example, there is the need of wearing just trousers
but he wears shirt as well, there will be one unintentional offence and one
intentional offence.
¹ See the ruling about unintentional
offence.
² The duration of a day or that of a night means, for example, from sunrise to
sunset or vice versa; or from noon to midnight or vice versa.
(Mulakhkhaṣ
az: Bahār-e-Sharī'at, vol. 1, pp. 1168; 'Ālamgīrī, vol. 1, pp. 242)
Question
10:
If a Muḥrim wears full dress
unnecessarily, how many expiations will he have to pay?
Answer:
If he wears his full dress
unnecessarily at the same time, it will be considered only one offence (and
expiation will be paid on this account). If he wears one cloth necessarily and
the other unnecessarily, there will be two offences in this case.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 1168)
Question
11:
If a Muḥrim hides his face in his
hands or places his hand onto the Muḥrim's head, is there any harm in it?
Answer:
To place one's own hand or that of
someone else onto the head or the nose in the state of Iḥrām is permissible.
'Allāmah 'Alī Qārī عَلَیْہِرَحْمَةُاللّٰهِالنَّبَاعِیّ
has stated: To place one's own hand or that of someone else onto the head or
the nose in the state of Iḥrām is unanimously permissible as this is not
referred to as covering or hiding the head or the nose.
(Lubāb-ul-Manāsik
wal-Maslak-ul-Mutaqaṣṣit, pp. 123)
Question
12:
Can a Muḥrim stroke his face after
he has made Du'ā?
Answer:
He can do so because it is allowed
to place the hand onto the face. The bearded Islamic brother should take care
not to remove any hair when stroking his face after Du'ā or Wuḍū.
Question
13:
If a Muḥrim places stitched clothes
onto his shoulder, is there any expiation?
Answer:
There is no expiation. Ṣadr-ush-Sharī'ah
جِحَّةُاللّٰهِتَعَالٰىعَلَیْہِ has stated: What is
prohibited is to wear stitched clothes as they are usually worn. On the
contrary, if a Muḥrim has used a shirt as Taḥband or has wrapped a pyjama
around his waist without putting his feet into the parts of the pyjama, there
is no harm in it. Similarly, if he has spread a robe over his shoulders without
putting his hands into sleeves, no expiation is due but it is Makrūh to do so.
If he has put stitched clothes over his shoulders, there is no harm in it.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 1169)
Questions
and answers about Ḥalq and Taqṣīr
Question
1:
Can the Ḥalq for 'Umrah be done out
of Ḥaram?
Answer:
No. If it is done out of Ḥaram, Dam
will become Wājib. However, there is no restriction of time for it.
Question
2:
Is it Wājib even for those working
or doing business in Jeddah to do Ḥalq or Taqṣīr every time they perform
'Umrah?
Answer:
Yes, or else they would not get out
of the restrictions of Iḥrām.
Question
3:
If a woman has short hair (as in fashion
these days) and she is also enthusiastic about performing 'Umrah but fears the
loss of all hair due to repeated Qaṣr, what should she do? If the length of the
hair of a woman is shorter than that of a finger digit, Qaṣr for 'Umrah is not
possible for her. What is the ruling for her in case of performing 'Umrah?
Answer:
As long as a woman has hair on her
head, it will remain Wājib for her to do Qaṣr every time she performs 'Umrah.
The Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ
عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّمَ has stated: It is (Wājib) for women to do
Qaṣr, not Ḥalq.
(Abū
Dāwūd, vol. 2, pp. 295, Hadīth 1984)
If the length of the hair of a woman
is shorter than that of a finger digit, she is exempted from doing Qaṣr because
it is not possible for her. To have Ḥalq done is already forbidden for her.
What she is advised to do in such a situation is to get out of the restrictions
of Iḥrām near the end of the days of ritual sacrifice (i.e. after the sunset of
12 Ẕul-Ḥijja-til-Ḥarām) provided she is going to perform the 'Umrah that is
related to Ḥajj. Even if she does not wait till the above-mentioned time, no
expiation will be due.
Miscellaneous
questions and answers
Question
1:
If a Muḥrim sustained head or facial
injury, and he is compelled to bandage it, will he be sinner?
Answer:
Under the condition of being
compelled to take such an act he will not be sinner, however, he will have to
pay expiation for the unintentional offence. Therefore, if a Muḥrim used such a
large bandage that covered one quarter or more than one quarter of his head or
face for the period of a day or night or more, Dam will become Wājib. If less
than one quarter of the face or the head was covered, Ṣadaqah will be Wājib.
(See the details of unintentional offence on page 89.) Except for the head and
the face, there is no harm in having bandage on any other part of the body.
Further, a woman can have bandage even on her head in compulsion.
Question
2:
If someone has had Ḥalq done before
performing the Sai of Hajj or 'Umrah, and many days have passed since he did
so, what is the ruling?
Answer:
It is a Sunnah for a Hajj-performing
person to have Ḥalq done before Sai. That is, doing Sa'ī before Ḥalq is
contrary to Sunnah. Therefore, if someone gets Ḥalq done before he has
performed Sa'ī, there is no harm in it. Even if many days have passed since he
did so, no expiation will be due because there is no time limit for Sa'ī.
However, if he has returned to his 'country' without performing Sa'ī, Dam will
be due in this case because of missing a Wājib. If he comes back and performs
Sa'ī, Dam will no longer remain Wājib. However, it is still better for him to
give Dam as it is in the interest of the destitute. This ruling will apply only
when Ḥalq is performed within its stipulated time, i.e. the period of the days
of ritual sacrifice after the Ramī of 10th Ẕul-Ḥijja-til-Ḥarām. If someone gets
Ḥalq done before he has performed Ramī or after the days of ritual sacrifice have
passed, Dam will be Wājib for him. If an 'Umrah-performing person gets Ḥalq
done before Sa'ī, Dam will be due for him. If he has performed complete Ṭawāf
or most (i.e. four) rounds of it, he will get out of the restrictions of Iḥrām
otherwise not. Even if many days have passed, the commandment of Sa'ī will not
become void as it is Wājib and will have to be performed.
Question
3:
Is it allowed to perform 'Umrah from
13th Ẕul-Ḥijja-til-Ḥarām?
Answer:
No. It is Makrūh Taḥrīmī
(impermissible and a sin) to put on the Iḥrām of 'Umrah during the days of
Tashrīq (i.e. from 9th to 13th Ẕul-Ḥijja-til-Ḥarām). If someone does so, Dam
will be due.
(Durr-e-Mukhtār,
vol. 3, pp. 547)
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