Does shortening the hair suffice in place of shaving?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This question is like the first one, with an addition, knowing that I have taken off the ihram clothes and put on sewn garments.
Answer:
Yes, take off the sewn garment and put on the ihram clothes again, and complete the shortening. The shortening must be from the entire head, just as shaving must be from the entire head, because shortening is a substitute for shaving. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Fath 48:27] So shaving is a substitute for shortening, and shortening is a substitute for shaving.
Just as shaving must be of the entire head, so too the shortening must be of the entire head. And [the verse says] "shave your heads," where "heads" is the plural of "head," and the head must be complete, not part of the heads. It did not say "shave part of your heads" or "shorten part of your heads," but rather it attributed this to the complete heads. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This question is like the first one, with an addition, knowing that I have taken off the ihram clothes and put on sewn garments.
Answer:
Yes, take off the sewn garment and put on the ihram clothes again, and complete the shortening. The shortening must be from the entire head, just as shaving must be from the entire head, because shortening is a substitute for shaving. Allah the Exalted said:
with your heads shaved and [hair] shortened
مُحَلِّقِينَ رُءُوسَكُمْ وَمُقَصِّرِينَJust as shaving must be of the entire head, so too the shortening must be of the entire head. And [the verse says] "shave your heads," where "heads" is the plural of "head," and the head must be complete, not part of the heads. It did not say "shave part of your heads" or "shorten part of your heads," but rather it attributed this to the complete heads. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل القص يجزئ عن الحلق؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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