Touching a non-Mahram woman accidently during Ihraam

19-2-2012 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalam, regarding umrah. I did my umrah and while i was in the state of ihram , a non mehram touched my arm acidently while travelling from medina to mekkah. And when i got to mekkah i took my headscarf off inside my hotel room in front of only my mehrams, then i put it back on again to perform my tawaf and all acts of umrah. I want to know if my umrah would have been void for taking my scarf off in ihram state and also if someone acidently touched my arm?? Please advise what to do.

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam,  is His slave and Messenger.

Your 'Umrah (minor pilgrimage) is valid if the only faults that you committed were those which you mentioned in the question. Also, you are not sinful when the non-Mahram (marriageable) touched you accidently, and you are not sinful for uncovering your head in front of your Mahaarim (plural of Mahram).

 Finally, we ask Allaah The Almighty to accept our good deeds and yours.

Allaah Knows best.