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Question:
Is there any penalty for using soap while in ihram?
Answer:
Soap is used to clean the hands, and not to obtain its fragrance.
Furthermore, when a person looks at the soap, he does not consider it to
be a fragrance. Rather, he considers it to be a means of cleaning. The soap
contains small amounts of fragrance and more amounts of detergent.
Therefore, dumm will not be obligatory if it is used. Sadaqah will have
to be given.
Mu‛allim al-Hujjaj:
There is no penalty for using pure soap. However, it is makruh for a
muhrim to remove dirt from himself.1
Allah ta‛ala knows best.
Reference:
1 Mu‛allim al-Hujjaj, p. 231.