The Ruling on the Marriage Contract Before Completing the 'Umrah

Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh! A person performed the 'Umrah, forgot to cut his hair, and returned to his country. After a period of time, he proposed to a woman and contracted the marriage with her. He asks: What is the ruling on the contract? And what is the ruling on entering into relations with her and the children he has fathered?

Answer:
Yes, the place for shaving or cutting the hair is permissible in any location. It is permissible in his country. If he remembers this, he should renew the garments of ihram. In any place, he renews the garments of ihram, then he shaves or cuts his hair. This is not dropped from him. His 'Umrah is not completed except by doing this. If he contracted the marriage before shaving or cutting his hair, the contract is not valid. The contract is not valid, and he must renew it. The intercourse with the woman and the birth of the children that occurred from you is due to a doubt (shubhah) regarding you. The children are yours. What occurred of intercourse, Allah forgives it, and the children are yours. Yes.