The place of shaving or shortening the hair after stoning the pillars and circumambulation
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Question:
This questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, is shaving or shortening the hair done after stoning the pillars or after the circumambulation of the Ka'bah?
Answer:
The Sunnah (recommended practice) is to do it after stoning the pillars and after the slaughter, if the slaughter is being done. One stones, then slaughters if it is feasible, then shaves or shortens the hair, and shaving is better. As for the circumambulation, it is the last of the acts, whether on the day of the festival or after that. This is how the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did it: he stoned, then slaughtered, then shaved, then applied perfume and exited the state of ihram, then went to Makkah for the circumambulation. The circumambulation is the last of the acts of Hajj on the day of the festival. If one does it after that, there is nothing wrong with it. If one delays it until after the second, third, or fourth day, there is nothing wrong with it; there is no fixed limit. However, the best is on the day of the festival if it is feasible. If it is feasible on the eleventh day, that is best; if it is feasible on the twelfth, that is best, and so on. The earlier one does it, the better.
The presenter:
I bear witness to Allah regarding safety. May Allah reward you.
This questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, is shaving or shortening the hair done after stoning the pillars or after the circumambulation of the Ka'bah?
Answer:
The Sunnah (recommended practice) is to do it after stoning the pillars and after the slaughter, if the slaughter is being done. One stones, then slaughters if it is feasible, then shaves or shortens the hair, and shaving is better. As for the circumambulation, it is the last of the acts, whether on the day of the festival or after that. This is how the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did it: he stoned, then slaughtered, then shaved, then applied perfume and exited the state of ihram, then went to Makkah for the circumambulation. The circumambulation is the last of the acts of Hajj on the day of the festival. If one does it after that, there is nothing wrong with it. If one delays it until after the second, third, or fourth day, there is nothing wrong with it; there is no fixed limit. However, the best is on the day of the festival if it is feasible. If it is feasible on the eleventh day, that is best; if it is feasible on the twelfth, that is best, and so on. The earlier one does it, the better.
The presenter:
I bear witness to Allah regarding safety. May Allah reward you.
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 2 — archive.org (43:04)
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