Breaking the Ablution After the Lesser Pilgrimage and Shaving the Head

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a man performs wudu for the 'Umrah, and after finishing the 'Umrah he has a discharge for the 'Asr prayer, does his wudu break? He says: If a man performs wudu for the 'Umrah.

The Shaykh:
He enjoys the company of his family.

The questioner:
Yes.

The Shaykh:
I mean, for the tawaf. Yes.

The questioner:
This.

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
And after finishing the 'Umrah, he had a discharge for the 'Asr prayer. So, did the wudu break? Because he had shaved his head.

The Shaykh:
No, absolutely not. The wudu does not break. Wudu does not break except by the eight factors that invalidate it. As long as none of the eight factors that invalidate it has occurred, the wudu is valid, and he prays with it. There is no obstacle. Shaving the head does not harm. Shaving the head does not harm, if Allah wills. Performing 'Umrah on behalf of a deceased person is a good thing. Hajj and 'Umrah on behalf of a deceased person is a good thing, and its reward reaches him, due to the arrival of the evidence.