THESE 7 THINGS ARE FORBIDDEN IN IHRAM | Abu Bakr Zoud

All praise and thanks belongs to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

and may the peace and blessing of Allah be upon his servant

and final messenger Muhammad ﷺ

respected brothers and sisters in Islam

when a person has finally made the intention

and committed to perform al Umrah and al Hajj

the first thing that we begin with is al Ehram

wearing al Ehram which is known as

two white cloth that we wear to enter a state of Ehram

and perform our Umrah and our Hajj with them

brothers and sisters in Islam what we're going to discuss

is the Ehram and what is entering a state of Ehram

then we're going to speak about the purpose

of the Ehram itself why does it exist

why do we wear it and then we're going to speak about something called

Mahduratul Ehram the prohibitions that are upon each and every single person

that enters a state of Ehram and what is the purpose

for why there are certain things that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

prohibited when we wear an enter a state of Ehram

firstly my brothers and sisters in Islam

before we wear the Ehram the believer is supposed to

have a shower we begin with a russan

from top to bottom and this is both for the man

and for the woman

well russan don't just think of a russan

as a random shower that you are taking

this is a spiritual type of shower it has those type of meanings in them

so when you're bathing yourself and you're performing a russan

so that you can enter into Ehram and wear the Ehram

then I want you to reflect and ponder over the fact that

as you're performing this russan and you're making a lodo

this is washing away your sins it is washing away the sins

and the sins of the limbs the sins of the tongue the sins of the e

the sins of the eye all this is being washed away

and ponder over this great meaning when we go to do prayer

we make wubu when we're going to the house

of Allah Azza wa Jall for Umrah and Hajj we do russan

because the journey is a greater type of journey

so it required a russan from you and I and this is most the hub it's a sunnah

it's a recommended matter for both men and women

so as you're having the shower don't just think that you're washing your body

from the filth and the dirt and the sweat rather you're washing

your soul as well from the filth that is attached to the heart of sins

and bad manners and words that have come out from your mouth

afterwards the sunnah is that if you have nails that need to be cut

you cut them this is for both men and women and if there is hair

in areas where it is a sunnah to shave and cut the hair and to pluck it

then you also do so if there's a need otherwise if you've done that

and there's no need then you may leave that

once you've had a complete shower and you've cleaned yourself

afterwards the woman proceeds to wear her ahram

and the ahram of a woman is her clothes nothing different nothing differs

she wears exactly what she randomly and usually wears

and we're going to speak about what's forbidden for a woman to wear

when she enters the state of ahram so a woman gets into her coat

and now in the case of the men you will also wear an ahram

but the ahram is two white cloths and they could be any color

but generally the people wear the white cloth

every single type of clothing that you're wearing must be removed

from singlets to shirts to pants to underwear to socks

all of that needs to be completely removed from the body

and then the men will wear an ahr and ahridah

the ahr being the lower garment the lower piece of cloth

that we tie around our waist we wear a white cloth on top of our shoulders

that stretches to cover the upper body of ours

this is ahram now we've put this on and we need to understand

what are we putting on what is the purpose of this

this my brothers and sisters it symbolizes al-Qafan

it symbolizes the shroud that others will put on us

before they put us in our grave and so you need to reflect

over this moment today you are performing a russan for yourself

and you are literally shrouding yourself and one day you will come

in where others will give you the russan and will show you

before you put in your grave meeting Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in the life of al-barzakh

and so the hajj the one who is doing al-umrah al-hajj

is in the very similar boat

you are doing a russan and then you're wearing this shroud

and you are going to meet Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala at his house

to perform al-umrah al-hajj

so be cognizant and aware of this fact

for very little anyone who's aware of this fact

his heart will be present alongside his body

when he is performing al-hajj-ul-umrah

and one of the main purposes of al-hajj-ul-umrah

is to remind us of the afterlife

and to prepare us for the meeting with Allah Azza wa Jall

and what better than getting in the colds

that will be our final colds before we depart this world of life

so a person needs to act humble

so many times I've done hajj-ul-umrah

or recently in an amulah trip of mine

a brother came up to me and said to me

I'm wearing this cloth and it's really humiliating for me

I actually feel humiliated and I said to him brother

this is exactly the purpose of this type of colding

to humble us, to bring us down to what a human is

in the sight of Allah Azza wa Jall

that's who we are

all of us are the same all of us are equal

when you do your hajj and your amulah

you will look to people to your right and people to your left

and everyone is wearing like you

this is the point of this colding

Allah Azza wa Jall wants us to be all equal

and for us to see that we are all equal

you may be there and there's a millionaire sitting next to

and maybe onto the other side of you

there's someone who barely found anything that they

to eat and you won't be able to tell the difference

there may be a president sitting next to

someone high-profile person in his own community back in his country

and maybe someone that people don't even care about

and no one is even aware of such a person

but today everyone is equal during al-Hajj al-Amer

this is the purpose of this colding to remind you and I

that that's how we are all in the sight of Allah Azza wa Jall

the only difference between us and others

is the level of takwa and takwa resides in the heart

you and I cannot even judge our own takwa

let alone the piety and the righteousness of others

that is for Allah Azza wa Jall and he'll judge us

according to our heart and its piety on the day of judgment

so once you've put this colding and you've reflected over these meanings

brothers and sisters in Islam the next thing is that we are supposed to

enter the state of Ehram entering the state of Ehram

and to enter the state of Ehram that is done with words that you utter

on your tongue so if you're going towards the house of Allah Azza wa Jall

you're supposed to pass one of five stations

they're known as al-Mirqat there's one for the people of Medina

one for the people of Iraq one for the people that come from Yemen one from the

people that come from Najd and there are five stations

the furthest one from the house of Allah is Mirqat al-Midina

known as thel-Hulayfa otherwise known today as

Abiyar Ali also but the proper naming that the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

gave it was thel-Hulayfa so many people go from there towards

their Hajj and Umrah so you need to pass by one of these

in order to do your Umrah and once you pass by the

Miqat at that moment whether a million of female

you're intending al-Umrah or intending al-Hajj you're supposed to say

Labbayq Allahumma Umrah this is of course in the situation of the one who is

performing Hajj ut-Tamattua Hajj ut-Tamattua meaning you will do

a Umrah first then afterwards you'll do a Hajj

so you'll start off with Aumrah and that's the common one that many people do

you'll say Labbayq Allahumma Umrah or Allah I am here answering your call

to perform Aumrah once you've said these words you have

entered a state of Ahram you have entered the state of Ahram

and once the woman says Labbayq Allahumma Umrah

you have also entered the state of Ahram and what does that mean?

it means now there are certain things that Ahram they are

forbidden you're not allowed to do while in this state

until you come out of the state of Ahram and that is by finishing your

Umrah now listen very carefully to know what these things are

number one we are in a state of Ahram we are not allowed to

so let's just be clear on something and that is

Labbayq Allahumma Umrah these words that bring you into a state of Ahram

you can say them anytime after you wear the Ahram

you can say them anytime before the Miqat but if you delayed saying them

then you have to say them at the Miqat and you're not allowed to say them

after the Miqat if you do so then there is a penalty

that needs to be paid so you'll say Labbayq Allahumma Umrah

and you've entered a state of Ahram once you've entered the state of Ahram

there are seven things that are forbidden

number one shaving or cutting the hair that is not allowed

if a person scratched his hair and a hair fell

that's no problem don't stress about that because that is not considered

shaving or cutting hair and i'll tell you the purpose

for why these prohibitions are in place

number two we're not allowed to clip nails if there is a broken nail

and you just pull it off that's fine that's not considered clipping nails

and you're not allowed to clip nails of the fingers and of the toes

number three a breed a person that's entered the state of Ahram is not allowed

to apply perfume to his body so if you're applying perfume to your body

before you said Labbayq Allahumma Umrah

even if you had worn the two pieces of white cloth

it would be permissible but after you say Labbayq Allahumma Umrah

you're not allowed to apply anything of centered perfume on your body

and also it's not allowed to apply it on the Ahram itself

and if any perfume got to the Ahram then that needs to be washed off

so that the fragrance may go

number four of the matters that are forbidden in a state of Ahram

is hunting even though it's not relevant and people are not hunting anything

because of the transportation that takes us from Al-Madeena to Makkah or wherever you're going

to Makkah I will explain to you the purpose

for why these prohibitions were in place so no hunting allowed that means

you cannot hunt a rabbit or a deer or a gazelle these are hunted animals

but if a person in the state of Ahram was to slaughter a sheep or a cow

or a camel that's permissible because these are not hunted animals

the hunted animal is the animal that is supposed to be hunted with a

spear or a gun and so on so that's not allowed for the person in a state of Ahram

number five Aqdun Nikkah it is not allowed to perform

marriage contracts and to get married while in a state of Ahram

number six it's not allowed to perform any intimate relations with one

spouse that would destroy your state of Ahram so that would be

forbidden and also what is forbidden in a state of Ahram is

sexual language that is spoken between the spouses

or even touches that are due to desire and so on

all that would be forbidden then there are two

forbidden matters during the state of Ahram that are exclusive to men

and two that are exclusive to women the two that are exclusive to men

number one is fitted clothing so a man in a state of Ahram

is not to wear any fitted clothing so pants underwear a shirt all of that

is not allowed including today there are some Ahrams

that are just worn it's just worn as a as a pants that doesn't have

sleeves for the two legs that type of Ahram is not allowed

but if you purchased an Ahram that has velcro on it and that's how you

racked it around your waist that would be fine but to just wear it like a pants

then that type of Ahram is forbidden we're not allowed to wear anything

that is fitted sometimes people when they read al-Makhir and it's translated

as stitched clothing they think anything that is stitched

is forbidden brothers and sisters in Islam this is a to the brothers

especially this is a big misconception al-Makhir means fitted

clothing anything that fits onto your body like what we said the pants not

stitched clothing otherwise the Ahram you're wearing is stitched

and the footwear you're going to wear is stitched and perhaps you'll watch

that you have may also have stitches on it if it's leather and so on

that's all permissible no problems what is meant by stitched

is fitted clothing so a man is supposed to avoid any type of fitted clothing

watch is allowed headphones e-phones all that is permissible no problems

and when we speak about fitted clothing we need to be careful of the footwear

we are wearing for the Ahram a woman is allowed to wear any type of

in fact she has to cover her entire feet because that's a aura but when it comes

for the footwear of a man the principle is that the majority of the foot

needs to be uncovered and exposed the majority of the foot

the toes are not allowed to be covered the ankle is not allowed to be covered

and the heel is not allowed to be covered so if that's the type of footwear

you're wearing then that would be fine during the state of Ahram

and the second exclusive matter that is Fibidin upon men during the state of Ahram

that would be Daratiyatur Ras to cover the head

as men in a state of Ahram we are not allowed to cover the head

either with a cap like the one I'm wearing or another hat or even with Ahram

itself to put it over your head would be Fibidin the head needs to be uncovered

during this entire time while you are in a state of Ahram

and the two Fibidin matters that are exclusive to women

Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Fibid that a woman wear

and Nikab is not allowed and Nikab of course is the face cover

that is open for the eyes and tied to the back of the head

that is Fibidin for a woman to wear during a state of Ahram

and also Fibidin upon the woman al-Qafazid which is the two goves that cover the

right and the left hand so if a woman covers her hand with goves

and wears Nikab what does she do when she enters the state of Ahram

knowing that these are Fibidin the solution is that she wears

a krimad of course the headscarf that she's wearing

and she may attach to it a a cloth that covers her face

she may attach a cloth to the headscarf that can be dropped onto her face

and as a result it covers the face and her hands maybe put underneath the

jilbeb and that way she has covered her hands

from the eyes of non-Mahra men that would be a solution

otherwise a woman can also wear

the face veil that is tied to the back of the head

but it has no opening for the eye because that's what a Nikab is

a Nikab is what has an opening for the eyes

that's what a woman is supposed to keep away from

while in a state of Ahram brothers and sisters in Islam

we come now to our point of discussion and that is

what is the purpose of these prohibitions

now that we have explained them in the last 10 minutes also

what is the purpose and the wisdom for why these certain matters are

Fibidin during a state of Ahram

Al-Alamah Rahimahullah mentioned that one of the grand purposes

of al-Hajjwal Umrah and that shines in the state of Ahram

is to detach us from worldly luxuries and comforts

Allahu Akbar pay attention brothers and sisters

every one of these matters that i mentioned to you

of what is prohibited in Ahram is a luxury and a comfort

every one of them cutting the hair is a luxury it's a comfort

i mean people they always cut their hair and they fix their

some people do this two times a week three times a week

and there's a trend going on in where people are cutting their hair a lot

more than they used to right clean it up and fix it up

it's a luxury to cut your hair

clipping the nails is a luxury as well

perfume perfume is a luxury everyone likes to smell nice

so it's a luxury and that's Fibidin during the state of Ahram

also hunting hunting believe it or not is an entertainment

it's a luxury it's a joy for those who love that type of sport

hunting animals and eating its meat fresh that's a luxury it's a comfort

also marriage contracts this is a joyful moment

it's a it's a moment of pleasure and joy also intimate

relations and the intimate moments between a husband and a wife

these are moments of comfort moments of joy and they are Fibidin during a

state of Ahram like covering your head that's a luxury as well

people go out and buy certain caps to cover their hair that's a luxury

also wearing fitted clothing i mean you'd prefer to wear fitted

clothing then to have two pieces of cloth on you

and have no underwear underneath no underpants nothing

so fitted clothing is a luxury we enjoy what we wear

and it brings us comfort to the body and also

for the woman to wear that nirqab and to wear the the gloves is a comfort

for her so all these matters that Allah Zawajil Fibid for us to have

during the state of Ahram are all comforts and luxuries

and Allah Zawajil Fibid them so that the heart detaches

from the luxuries and the comforts of this life

hence enabling the believer to attach to Allah Zawajil

and to the preparation of the afterlife what a beautiful worship

and what a beautiful start to Al-Umrah Wal-Hajj

we enter the state of Ahram and the Ahram itself

and the shower before that reminded us of the afterlife

and death and the meeting with Allah Zawajil

and then the Fibid in matters upon us during the Ahram

kept us away from luxuries of this world the life

when you understand these meanings you'll be able to connect with the

worship of Umrah Wal-Hajj

a lot more than if you did not know what we discussed in the last three

minutes Allahu Akbar and this is how knowledge revolutionizes your

experience of Al-Hajjul Umrah and this is how a person performs

Hajj and Umrah not only with their body but with their heart as well

when we understand these meanings this is the soul of the Hajj

these are the inner dimensions of Al-Hajj and Al-Umrah

and always focus on the fact that the more we detach from this world the life

the more we are ready to meet Allah Azza wa Jal

and to meet him while he is pleased with us subhanahu wa ta'ala

and of course this world the life in and of itself

is not condemned if it was to contribute towards your righteousness

and your goodness this world the life becomes condemned when it distracts

from the remembrance of Allah Azza wa Jal and from righteous deeds

we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to grant us goodness

we ask him subhanahu wa ta'ala that he purify our sincere our intentions

and he grants us sincerity and we ask him subhanahu wa ta'ala

to forgive our sins and our shortcomings and to accept our gatherings

of goodness

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