OBLIGATIONS DURING IHRAM

During the state of ihram for Umrah or Hajj, the following are obligatory:

1- To faithfully observe all that ALLAH has made obligatory, such as the daily prayers at their proper times.
2- To avoid what ALLAH has prohibited, such as wrong-doing, quarreling and committing sins.
3- to guard against injuring the Muslims by deed or by word.
4- To abstain from what is prohibited during ihram namely:
(A)-Do not cut your nails or pull out hair.There is no blame on you if these break or come off by themselves without your intending it.
(B)- Do not use scent, whether on the clothes or the body, or in food or drink. There is no harm if the effect of scent applied before putting on ihram remains.
(C)- Do not kill, frighten or assist in hunting any land game as you are in ihram.
(D)- Within the precincts of Al-Haram, no one, in the state of ihram or not , is allowed to cut trees, pluck vegetables or collect a lost property except for the sake of identifying it for its owner. For the messenger of ALLAH (peace be upon him) said so.
(E)- Do not propose to a woman or contract marriage either for yourself or on behalf of others. Sexual intercourse is prohibited too, so is touching the opposite sex with desire. All these actions are prohibited during the period of ihram.
(F)- A man may not put any covering on his head. However, the shade of an umbrella or the roof of a car is permissible. There is no harm in carrying something on the head.
(g)- A man may not wear a shirt or anything else is sewn, such as trousers or shoes or boots . However, if an izar(one of the two garments of ihram worn on the lower part of the body) is not available, trousers may be worn, and if sandals are not available shoes or boots may be worn.
(H)- It is forbidden for a women to wear gloves on her hands or cover her face with a face-veil(niqab) or burq'u(drape) during the state of ihram. However, if male strangers are around her, she should conceal her face with head covering or something similar. These rules apply until she comes out of ihram.
(I)- If a person wears a person wears a sewn garment or cover his head(for men) , uses perfume, pulls out some hairs, or cuts his nails through forgetfulness or due to ignorance, there is no fidyah(expiation) for him. He stop doing such things as soon as he remembers or is reminded of then.
(J)- It is permissible to wear sandals, a ring, a pair of glasses, a hearing aid, a wrist watch and a belt or a girdle which protect one's money or documents.
(K)- It is permissible to change one's clothes and to wash them, as well as to wash one's hair and body, and it does not matter if some hair inadvertently falls out during washing.