Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: We, the wives of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), used to go out on journeys with him. We would have ointment applied on our heads, and in this state we would perform ghusl (ritual bath), and we would also perspire, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would not forbid us from this. This was our condition both in the state of ihram and without ihram.