Is it permissible for a person in ihram to shorten the hair of another person?

Question : Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for a person in ihram to shorten or shave the hair of another person before he himself exits the state of ihram?

Answer : Yes, it is permissible for a person in ihram to shorten or shave the hair of another person before he exits his state of ihram, and there is no blame on him for that. But is it permissible for a person in ihram to shave his own head? Is it permissible for him to shave his own head or shorten his own hair? Is not taking hair forbidden for a person in ihram? Yes, but this is for the purpose of exiting the state of ihram. Yes, so it is permissible for a person in ihram to shorten his own hair himself, to shave his own head himself, and to shave or shorten the hair of another person. Yes.