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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Combing the hair when wearing the ihram garments

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Question:
Is it permissible for a person who has prepared for Hajj and is wearing the ihram garments to comb his hair and brush it with a plastic brush more than once, causing some hair to fall out, and he says this hair is dead, because Allah, Glorified and Exalted, says:
And do not shave your heads until the sacrificial animal hasوَلَا تَحْلِقُوا رُءُوسَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ الْهَدْيُ
[Al-Baqarah 2:196]
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Answer:
As long as he has not entered the state of ihram, as long as he has not intended the ihram, wearing the ihram garments is not ihram. Wearing the izar and the rida is not ihram; this is preparation for the ihram. So as long as he has not entered the state of ihram with the intention, the intention to enter the rites, he is preparing: he wears the izar and the rida, he takes a bath, he applies perfume, all of this is preparation. Likewise, he combs his head, he straightens his hair, there is no harm in that, he washes it, there is no harm in that, and he is a doctor. If some hair falls out, if he is performing the sacrifice, it does not matter, he does not intend to remove the hair. Then, after he is finished once, he gets in the car and recites the talbiyah. He intends the 'Umrah, or the second 'Umrah, or Hajj, or the second Hajj, and recites the talbiyah. It is better not to recite the talbiyah until after getting in the car, until he is finished with everything. When he is finished with everything, he gets in the car and then recites the talbiyah with his intention. He enters with the intention of the 'Umrah or the Hajj in his heart. He intends with his heart and then recites the talbiyah. Yes.
Source فتاوى الحج ١٤١٠ هـ - ٨ — archive.org (21:50)

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