The following acts are prohibited during the state of Ihraam:

(1) Sexual intercourse as well as all sex-play and acts and talks of romance.
(2) Quarreling and fighting.
(3) Hunting land animals.
(4) To inform a hunter of the whereabouts of an animal.
(5) To aid a hunter in anyway whatever.
(6) To chase a wild animal.
(7) To break an egg of a wild bird.
(8) To injure any wild animal, even removing its feathers.
(9) To sell wild animals.
(9) To purchase wild animals.
(10) To remove the milk of a wild animal.
(11) To cook the meat of eggs of wild animals.
(12) To kill lice.
(13) To throw lice in the heat of the sun.
(14) To wash clothing with the intention of killing lice.
(15) To instruct another person, directly or indirectly, to kill lice.
(16) To dye one's hair.
(17) To use gum or any kind of hair conditioner.
(18) To apply perfume.
(19) To cut hair and nails or to ask another person to cut one's hair and nails.
(20) To cover the face or any part of the face.
(21) To wear sewn garments, e.g. kurtah, trousers, topee, etc.
(22) To wear such shoes or socks which conceal the raised bone in the front of the foot.
(23) To wear garments which have been dyed in saffron, kusum or any fragrant substances. However, if the garments so dyed have been thoroughly washed, leaving no fragrance, it will then be permissible to wear such garments.

MAKRUHAAT OF IHRAAM

The following acts are Makruh during the state of Ihraam:

(1) To comb the hair or beard.

(2) To scratch the hair in such a way that hair or lice falls out.

(3) To make khilaal in the beard.

(4) To sew the two ends of the lower Ihraam garment when this is not occasioned by a need to conceal the aurah.

(5) To tie knots in the upper garment or to tie it with pins, needles, etc.

(6) To smell perfume.

(7) To touch perfume.

(8) To sit in the shop of a perfurne-seller so as to inhale the fragrance of the perfume.

(9) To unnecessarily tie a bandage on the body.

(10) To touch or to smell fragrant fruit and grass.

(11) To stand under the cloth of the Ka'bah in such a way that the cloth touches the head or face.

(12) To lay on one's stomach with one's face downwards on the pillow.

(13) To eat uncooked fragrant smelling food.

(14) To look with lust at the satar of one's wife.

(15) To throw any garment, e.g. coat, over the shoulders.

THE IHRAAM OF A WOMAN

The Ihraam of a female is similar to that of a male. She too has to abstain from all the prohibitions and makruhaat of the state of Ihraam. However, there are some differences. It is permissible for a woman to wear sewn clothing. It is Waajib for her to keep her head covered. When concealing her face, she should not let the covering cloth touch her face since this is not permissible in Ihraam . The cloth covering her face should be hung over a special protuberance designed specifically for this occasion.

It is permissible for women to wear colorful garments provided there is no emission of fragrance from the garments. Women should recite the Talbiyah silently. so that their voices are not heard by men.

During Tawaaf women do not make Idhtiba and Ramal nor should they run between Meelain Akhzarain during the Sa-ee.

When there are crowds of people and congestion prevails, women should not touch Hajr-e-Aswad nor kiss it. They should not make the two raka'ts Tawaaf Salaat atnMaqaam-e- Ibraheem - They should not make the Rami nor climb onto Safa and Marwah. These obligations are waived for women when congestion and jostling of crowds prevail.

During the state of haidh they should neither make Tawaaf nor Sa- ee. If they postpone Tawaaf-e-Ziyaarat due to haidh and perform it later than 12th Zil Hijj, Dum is not obligatory on them.