Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Badat
Question:
My ankle is soar so am I allowed to wear some kind of bandage or ankle strap while in iḥrām?
Answer:
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم
In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah Insitute.
During iḥrām (the sacred state of pilgrimage) men are required to keep their ankles exposed. If for some reason or the other, the ankle is covered, such as with a bandage or ankle strap due to an injury or pain, the pilgrim is required to pay a penalty in charity. If the ankle was covered for an entire day, then he is to arrange for a damm (animal to be slaughtered and its meat distributed to the poor). However, if he covered the ankle for less than a day, then he is to give charity 1.75 kilograms of wheat or its value in cash to the poor. – (See: Irshād Al-Sārīy Ilā Manāsik Al-Qārīy, Page 438, Al-Maktabah Al-Imdādiyyah)
For a woman, it is permissible for her to cover her ankles during the iḥrām therefore there is no objection in her wearing an ankle strap or bandage during the sacred iḥrām state of pilgrimage.
Only Allāh knows best
في لبس الخفين اذ لبسهما قبل القطع وفيه ان بعد القطع ما يسمى خفا فالعبارة المحررة ان لبسهما فدام يوما فعليه دم وفي اقل من يوم صدقة وكذا حكم الليل كله او اقله – ارشاد الساري الى مناسك الملا علي القاري ص ٤٣٨ المكتبة الامدادية
