Entering Ihram Ihram is the state entered into at the Miqat in which certain acts and types of clothing are forbidden
It is mustahabb for anyone going for Hajj or ‘Umrah to take a ghusl (bath) for Ihram - even if a woman is in her period or in after-birth confinement.
Then the men may wear whatever clothes he wishes that are not made in the shape of the body - and these clothes are called by the fuqaha' (religious scholars) “ghair al mukheet (unstitched)”. So he wears a rida' (upper garment) and izar (lower garment) or whatever, and sandals or any footwear that does not cover the ankle-bone.
He does not wear a hat or an ‘imamah (turban) or anything like that which fits onto and covers the head - this referring only to men. As for the women - she does not remove anything of the clothes that are prescribed for her in the Shari'ah, except that she should not tie on the niqab (face-veil) {It is the face-cover worn upon the tip of the nose. And it is of different types. If she pulls it up to her eyes then it is called ‘Al-Waswasah' or ‘Al-Burqa'. If she pulls it down to below the eye socket then it is ‘Al-niqab', and if it is upon the end of her nose it is ‘Al-Lukfam'. It is called the woman's niqab because it hides her colour of the niqab (Lisan ul ‘Arab 2/265-266).] or the burqa' or the litham (lower face cover, up to the eyes) or handkerchief and she should not wear gloves [Shaikh-ul-Islam Ibn Taimiyyah says in his ‘Mansik'(p.365): “And the gloves (Quffazat) are a covering made for the hand-like falconers wear...”]. And the Prophet said: “The