ASSALAMU ALAIKUM DEAR SHEIK,I AM FORWARDING YOU some questions asked me by a friend from me to know what are the islamic rule on these, once friends of mine went to perform umra,he went to jeddah without ihram and went first to madina to the prophet (saw)mosque and did 40 wakth prayers there and other activities over there and started journey to makkah,on the way in the meeqat got to the ihram state,so when he travel with ihram he feard for that as he is not with underwear,when the private part gets rubbed with the ihram towel,he feared his private part will get erected and feard for discharge of feces or ejaculation happens,but nothing happend alhamdulillah, so his question s are ,when he travel with ihram stage if anything happens as above mentiond ,when he awake or by a wet dream while travel from madina to mecca by bus or when somebody comes for umra or hajj by air from there country what he should do in a such a position?and if such a thing happen during performing thawaf and saae in mecca with jammed crowd mixed with opposite sex,what he or anybody do?consider that this is not happens purposely,as pilgrims not goin on ill or bad intention to perform umra or hajj?is there sheithan disturbs the persons with evil thoghts while performing umra or hajj?The Allah the almighty must forgive me for asking me a question like this,if i wrong for asking this?salam n please ask allah the almighty for forgiveness for our mistakes of allkind.

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.

A person who assumes the state of Ihraam for Hajj or Umrah is not required to do anything due to just having an erection or a wet dream. In the case where he ejaculates while awake due to rubbing (i.e. his private parts being rubbed with his Ihraam clothes) and the like, his state of Ihraam is not invalidated. However, if he does this deliberately, he will be considered as having masturbated, in which case, the difference of opinion among the jurists in regard to a person who masturbates while in a state of Ihraam would apply to him.

Al-Nawawi said in Al-Majmoo’: “If one masturbates with his hand and the like and ejaculates, then he is disobedient without any difference of opinion among the scholars. As regards whether or not the ransom is obligatory, then there are two opinions about this, the most correct of which is that the ransom is obligatory, and the second opinion is that no ransom is due, because he ejaculated without any Mubaasharah (contacting a woman skin to skin), so it is like ejaculating due to looking (at the opposite sex), so no ransom is due. If we adopt the view that the ransom is obligatory, then the ransom is the same like that of shaving one’s head (i.e. fasting three days or feeding six poor persons or slaughtering a sheep as sacrifice) as we had previously mentioned in regard to engaging in Mubaasharah with one’s wife without sexual intercourse, but his Hajj does not become void by masturbating without any difference of opinion among the scholars (in our School of jurisprudence).”

Also, Ar-Rawdh Al-Murabi’, which is one of the Hanbali books, reads: “He is obliged to slaughter a camel as ransom if he ejaculated due to Mubaasharah, or because of a kiss, or due to repeatedly looking (at the opposite sex), or ejaculated due to masturbation, by analogy to the ransom for having sexual intercourse with one’s wife (while in Ihraam), and if he did not ejaculate, then he should slaughter a sheep as the ransom for removing the harm (in one’s head like him having an ailment in his scalp necessitating shaving)…”

The Fiqh Encyclopedia reads while clarifying the views of the scholars regarding this issue: “Hajj is not invalidated due to masturbating with one’s hand according to the Hanafi, Shaafi'i and Hanbali Schools of jurisprudence, but in this case a ransom of a sacrificial animal is obligatory, as this is like Mubaasharah without sexual intercourse in regard to the prohibition and Ta’zeer (discretionary punishment), so it is like it in penalty. However, according to the Maaliki School, Hajj becomes void by this, and they are of the view that it is an obligation to make it (the Hajj) up and offer a sacrificial animal, even if he did so out of forgetfulness; as he ejaculated due to committing what is forbidden…”

However, the preponderant view which we adopt here in Islamweb is the view of the majority of the scholars. For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 164423.

On the other hand, if during Tawaaf (circumambulation around the Ka’bah), something that invalidates one's ablution occurs, then it is an obligation upon him to interrupt the Tawaaf and perform ablution again because being pure from any ritual impurity (either minor impurity which necessitates ablution or major impurity which necessitates Ghusl) is a condition for the validity of Tawaaaf, but this is not a condition for the validity of Sa’y (going between As-Safa and Al-Marwah); it is for this reason that it is permissible for a menstruating woman to perform Sa’y.

As regards your question “Is there a Shaytaan (a devil)…..”, then the answer is that the devil is keen on spoiling the act of worship of a Muslim whether it is Hajj, or ‘Umrah, or prayer or other acts, so a Muslim should seek the help of Allaah in performing his act of worship and avoid the whispers of the devil, and he should not open the door to whispers as they are from the devil. For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 138425.

Allaah Knows best.