and asks Allah for His good pleasure and Paradise, and seeks refuge in His mercy from His wrath and the Fire, that is good.

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Among the things forbidden to a person in ihram are applying perfume to his body or clothing after entering ihram and deliberately smelling perfume. As for anointing his head or body with olive oil, clarified butter, or similar substances containing no perfume, there is a well-known disagreement concerning this; avoiding it is preferable.

He must not trim his nails or cut his hair. He may scratch his body when it itches and undergo cupping on his head or elsewhere. If this requires shaving some hair, that is permissible, for it is authentically established that:

“The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—underwent cupping on the middle of his head while in ihram.”

This cannot be done without shaving some hair. Likewise, if he bathes and some of his hair falls out as a result, that does not harm him, even if he is certain that it came away through washing. He may undergo bloodletting by opening a vein if he needs it. There is consensus that he may bathe to remove major ritual impurity following sexual activity; he may also bathe for other reasons.

A person in ihram must neither marry nor be given in marriage, nor make a marriage proposal. He must not hunt land game or acquire ownership of it by purchase, acceptance as a gift, or any other means. Nor may he assist in hunting or slaughter game. As for aquatic game, such as fish and the like, he may catch and eat it.

He may cut down trees, but within the Sanctuary itself he must not cut any of