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Is there something I must do to rectify the mistake of wearing the niqab during Hajj and Umrah, knowing that it is impermissible, and under the pretext that there were many people around me?

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It is forbidden for a woman in ihram to wear the niqab. However, it is permissible for her to cover her face by drawing a cloth down from above her head over her face. A woman who intentionally commits a forbidden act due to an excuse, such as the presence of many men, must pay a fidyah: fasting for three days, or feeding six poor people, or sacrificing a sheep in the Haram. There is no sin upon her. As for a woman who covers her face with something other than the niqab, there is nothing upon her, and she will be rewarded for it. A woman who commits a forbidden act out of ignorance, forgetfulness, coercion, or while asleep, has nothing upon her. However, a woman who commits it without an excuse incurs the consequences thereof, along with sin.

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