Ihram

The sanctified state a pilgrim enters with intention and talbiyah, marked by simple unsewn dress.

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What Ihram means in Islam

The root means to make something forbidden, because entering it makes ordinary permissible things off limits. Men wear two unsewn white cloths; women wear ordinary modest clothing with the face and hands uncovered, and there is no special ihram dress for them. The common misunderstanding is that the towels are the ihram; they are not, and a person who has made the intention is in ihram whatever they happen to be wearing.

Evidence · Sunnah · Established in the authentic Sunnah

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Mahzurat al-IhramThe things forbidden while in ihram, such as perfume, cutting hair or nails, hunting and intimacy.مَحْظوراتُ الإِحْرام
MiqatThe fixed boundary points where a pilgrim must enter ihram before continuing towards Makkah.مِيقات
TalbiyahThe pilgrim's answering call, beginning labbayk Allahumma labbayk, here I am, my Lord, here I am.تَلْبِيَة
TahallulComing out of ihram, so that what was forbidden during it becomes permitted again.تَحَلُّل
HajjThe pilgrimage to Makkah in Dhul Hijjah, obligatory once in a lifetime on those who are able.حَجّ