The pilgrim shaving his companion’s head incompletely on the Day of Sacrifice

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I performed Hajj some time ago, and on the Day of Sacrifice, my friend and I agreed that each of us would shave the other’s head. So I shaved his head, then he came and ran the razor over my head, but he only shaved one side and did not finish, and he was afraid.

The Shaykh:
Afraid? Yes. Yes.

The questioner:
Afraid of finishing the shaving. He says: So we went out and started walking.

The Shaykh:
Some of it is lawful and some of it is forbidden. What made some of it lawful and some of it forbidden?

The questioner:
No, he says he shaved part of my head, then stopped and did not finish.

The Shaykh:
So he was afraid? Yes.

The questioner:
He says he was afraid and refrained from...

The Shaykh:
There is no harm in a pilgrim shaving his companion’s head and his companion shaving his, because this is the beginning of exiting the state of ihram, so there is no harm, yes.