Janayat

Doing things against restrictions

When animal sacrifice (Dum) falls due
(A) Use of Perfume
(B) Use of stitched cloths
(C) Covering the Head & Face , Shaving & Hair cut
(D) Cutting of nails
(E) Sexual Relations
Badna; slaughtering of one full cow or camel
An unlawful act due to some reason

Other Restrictions while In Ihram

Use of perfume
To cut the finger nails
To cut the hairs
Men are prohibited to wear stitched cloth. Women can use their usual cloth but they have to keep their head covered. The head scarf cover should not touch cover or rub with forehead.
Men are not allowed to wear socks or shoes that does not leave the heal and toe uncovered.
Sexual relations, flirting, kissing or getting engaged are strictly prohibited. The sexual act, while in Ihram, invalidate the pilgrimage and the punishment of slaying an animal falls due on both man and woman.

When animal sacrifice (Dum) falls due

Going round the house (Ka`aba) in Tawaf-e-ziarat without ablution. However if one repeats the entire Tawaf after the fresh ablution, slaying of animal (Dum) is not required.
One has to slaughter animal, as compensation if one omits Saee in full or partially or seeking help of wheel chair without actual need.
If one moves out from Arafat before sunset, sacrifice (Dum) becomes due. But if one realizing the mistake, returns back to Arafat, atonement becomes annulled.
Omitting Waqoof (standing) at Muzdalfa without reason.
Omitting the stoning of Jamarat due on a day, atonement falls due.

Use of Perfume

While in Ihram the use of perfume is equally prohibited for men and women.
If by mistake, intentionally or un-intentionally one used the perfume, compensation falls due.
Not only the use of perfume but also using scented hair oil or washing the body by scented soap is also disallowed.
However if some one used perfume or any scent before donning the Ihram and its fragrance continued for sometime, there is no harm.
If perfume is spread on hands, feet or any other part of the body, while in Ihram, slaughter of animal (Dum) becomes due. However, if washed immediately on realizing the mistake or has been applied on some smaller part of the body like nose, ear, eye or just on finger, offering (Sadaqa) falls due.
If perfume is applied in small patches on the body and that combined, together, becomes a large body part then atonement (animal sacrifice) falls due.
If one used a stitched and scented cloth during the sacred state of Ihram, that will be treated as two sins and the compensations shall be two according to the forbidden actions.
One should immediately remove the scented cloth and wash the spot of the body where scent has been applied even if he has paid the offering. No let off is permitted. Still, if the scented cloth not removed or perfumed part of the body not cleaned even after paying the offering, one shall have to pay a second offering.
If by chance, the body or cloth gets scented, one should not use his own hands to wash it. Either rinse it with water or ask someone, not in Ihram, to wash it.
Use of un-scented antimony powder (Surma) in eyes is permitted while in Ihram. If one used scented surma upto two times, one will have to pay the compensation. If used scented surma more than twice, slaughtering of animal (Dam) becomes due.
If one took flavoured or scented food item while in Ihram and some of it remained stuck up in mouth, atonement (Dam) falls due on this irregularity. Yet he swallowed all, and nothing left in mouth, only offering falls due. Lightly flavored cooked food can be taken.
Spices are permitted to be used in cooking the food.
Those who chew pan are not allowed to use clover or cardamom or highly scented tobacco while in Ihram.
Fruits with aromatic smell can be taken but smelling of flower or fruit is prohibited.
Tea or coffee with heavy fragrance or flavour is not allowed. If taken tea that was with light flavor, offering shall fall due.
Aereated water, like cold drinks, without any flavor is allowed. If flavoured drink is taken one will have to pay offering.
One should avoid the use of tincture with strong smell on an injury.
Food and eatable cooked in oil or butter (Ghee) are allowed but the oil or butter should be without fragrance.
Pilgrims often smear scent (Itar) on Black-Stone in Ka`aba or Rukun-e-Yamani. Since scent or any other fragrance is prohibited, one should avoid putting his hand or kissing it while in Ihram.

Use of stitched cloths

Wearing of stitched cloth, while in Ihram, is prohibited for men. If some one used stitched cloth for a whole day or night or for time equal to a day, atonement falls due. If used for a short time offering falls due. If used for a while, less than an hour or so, offering of an handful wheat shall suffice.
If one used stitched cloths for more than one day, he will have to slaughter an animal as compensation.
If one entered the sacred state of Ihram, with stitched cloth still on body, expressed his intention of Umrah and recited Talbiya but did not removed the stitched cloth for a day or night, he will be sinner and the punishment in such case is slaughter of an animal (Dum).
If an stitched cloth like shirt or shalwar is simply wrapped around the body but not put on like a normal wear on that body part for which it is made, there is no harm although it is not good to wrap any other cloth besides the two unstitched pieces of cloth.

Covering of the Head and Face

While in Ihram, it is prohibited for men to cover head or face. If by mistake or by chance full head or face or even half the head or face got covered, offering (Sadaqa) falls due.
If for an whole day or night, one kept his head or face, fully or partially covered or a woman kept her face full or partially covered with cloth for an whole day or night immolation (Dum) becomes due. Yet if less than one quarter remained covered or the time of covering remained less than a day or night, offering shall have to be paid.
If one covered his head with something unusual or uncommon like wood, glass, a sheet of iron, silver, stone etc no harm is done.
Umbrella is allowed to be used for protection from sun or rain.
A pilgrim, while in the state of Ihram, should not stand as much close to Ka`aba that its black drapery (Kishwah) touches the face or head. It is disapproved (Makrooh).

Shaving and cutting the hairs

While in Ihram, it is prohibited to cut hairs or shaving, plucking or merely trimming the hairs by any means.
If one shaved or trimmed hairs by mistake or deliberately offering, (Sadaqa) shall become due.
If one shaved one fourth of head or trimmed beard upto about one fourth while in Ihram, he will be sinner and immolation of an animal fall due. If lesser than one fourth, offering will suffice.
If a woman cuts her hairs equal to one finger length before Saee of Umrah, she will have to sacrifice an animal as compensation. However if the hair cut is less than one fourth of the prescribed length, only offering shall be enough.
Shaving hairs of the armpit and of naval area is prohibited. If one acts against this prohibition, he is liable to slaughter an animal.
If one shaved head while in Ihram, he is bound to slaughter an animal as compensation. If he forgot and shaved beard he will be liable for another Dum.
If some hairs got burned while cooking, one is liable to offering (Sadaqa)
If during ablution or for some other reason, three hairs from beard or head got detached, one should offer one handful of wheat.

Cutting of Nails

Cutting of nails while in the sacred state of Ihram is also prohibited like cutting or shaving the hairs.

If in one sitting, one cuts one or two nails of each hand and feet, one has to immolate an animal. Again if one cuts off the nails from hand and feet on four different times, he is bound to slaughter four animals.
If by chance or accidentally a nail is damaged or breaks; its detachment does not entail any compensation.

Sexual Relations

Sexual relations, flirtation, kissing between male and female or becoming engaged are strictly prohibited in the sacred state of Ihram. Such acts during Ihram automatically invalidate the pilgrimage.

If one kissed his wife while in Ihram or embraced her it will not invalidate the Umrah but he will have to immolate one animal.
If one faced or saw a woman with lust or just thought of it and felt some seminal discharge, there will be no compensation due but he will have to take bath.
If one performing Umrah engage himself in any sexual act before completing all the rites, his Umrah does not become invalid yet immolation of an animal falls due on him.

Badna: Slaughtering of one full cow or camel

Immolation or slaughter one full camel or cow is called Badna, it falls due on a sinner when;

He committed sexual act before shaving of head, (which is the last item of the series of rites), after the Waqoof at Arafat, stoning of three pillars or animal sacrifice.
A woman who performed Tawa-e-Ifada during menstrual period.

An unlawful act due to some reason

If due to some valid reason one used stitched cloths, used perfume, trimmed the nails or shaved the head or covered the head due to pain, atonement falls due. Wherever immolation, (slaughter of an animal) falls due, it has to be carried out within the limits of Haram. Yet in case of an offering the pilgrim has the choice to distribute three kilograms of wheat among six poor or keep fast for three consecutive days.

If due to some reason one acted unlawfully during Ihram and offering (Sadaqa) has fallen due, he has the choice between offering or a day’s fasting.
Immolation of animal, because of committing any prohibited act during Ihram, is to be carried out within the limits of Haram whereas an offering can be made outside these limits.
A pilgrim immolating an animal is not permitted to use or eat from it. Neither one who pays Zakat or on whom sacrifice is obligatory can not take any thing out of the sacrifice.

Some well to do person deliberately commit an unlawful act while in Ihram, then sacrifice an animal. This is incorrect. Such people are sinner. It is likely that his prayer or Umrah does not get ascent by Allah. Such people should seek forgiveness.

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