What is the ruling on putting cream on the thighs to prevent chafing after entering ihram for ‘umrah? Please note that this cream, like all other creams, has a scent but it is not a scent like perfume.
Praise
be to Allah.
In the answer to question no.
20019 we stated that what is forbidden during ihram
is putting on perfume or anything that has a scent. If the cream mentioned
does not have any scent, then there is nothing wrong with using it.
It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah
ad-Daa’imah, vol. 2 (10/157): During tawaaf and sa‘i in Hajj and ‘Umrah,
people often use creams to reduce the chafing between the thighs; as using
perfume is one of the things that are forbidden when in ihram, is using
Daktacort [a hydrocortisone cream] in this case permissible or not? A sample
of this cream in attached
They replied:
There is nothing wrong with
using Daktacort cream – a sample of which was attached – and similar creams
when wearing ihram for Hajj or ‘Umrah, and it is not haram, because it is a
kind of remedy and it is not a kind of perfume, so it does not come under
the ruling on perfume. End quote.
Based on that, it is permissible
for the pilgrim in ihram to use creams on that area to prevent chafing,
because the purpose here is using it as a remedy.
And Allah knows best.
