How to perform Umrah-2

How to perform Umrah-2

Other things which are prohibited:

1. Committing sins, quarrelling, being angry with fellow-travelers, servants, etc. for worldly matters is also prohibited. However, expressing anger/displeasure in matters of Deen and performing the duty of enjoining what is good and forbidding what is wrong is not prohibited.

2. To tie a cloth on the face/head even because of a disease is prohibited. Wearing/using colorful clothes, which have been dyed in fragrant substances, is not allowed. However, it is allowed if those clothes have been used and there is no longer any fragrance in them.

3. Eating scented things like spices, eating such uncooked eatables, which are scented and whose smell is strong enough and similarly clothes which are scented in any way.

4. Applying Henna (Mehndi) to the hair or any other part of the body and applying oil as well.

5. Scratching in such a way that lice die; or killing lice either with the body (like hand) or with the cloth or asking someone else to kill them or exposing them to heat for killing them.

Cutting the trees, which are within the boundary of Haram or grazing animals on them; except for “Idhkhir” grass.

Those things which are Makruh in Ihram:

Those things, which are Makruh (Undesirable) in Ihram and there is no expiation/atonement for them are:

1. Cleaning the body of dirt/filth.
2. Unbraiding the hair (for women)
3. Combing the hair or beard.
4. Scratching the hair or beard in such a way that there is no danger of killing lice or of hair being broken.
5. Tying the chador of the Ihram on the neck.
6. Covering the face or head with the cloth of the Ka’aba (Ghilaaf-e-Ka’aba) in such a way that it touches the face.
7. To tie either end or both ends of the chador of Ihram and tie them with a thorn, needle or a piece of thread. To join the 2 flaps of the chador of the lower garment or the upper garment, either by sewing or patches, and drape it around the body.
8. Of women, wearing non-fragrant black, yellow or blue clothes. Smelling a fragrance or touching it, provided it does not rub into the hand itself or smelling fragrant flowers, fruits, etc. Visiting or sitting a perfumer’s shop/place for the sake of fragrance.
9. Tying a cloth on any part of the body excepting the face/head without the need for it or covering the nose or chin with a cloth, but covering with the hand is not Makruh.
10. If any scented food item like spices, etc. is cooked and its smell has become weak, then even though the smell is there, eating it is Makruh.
11. Having spices or scented tobacco in Paan etc.