Definition of Shaving, Shortening, and Covering the Entire Head
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The questioner:
This questioner asks: What is the Islamic definition of shaving and shortening?
The Shaykh:
Is shaving the removal of all the hair in the common understanding? And shortening is taking the ends with scissors or a clipper, as in shortening, so we were alarmed whether we were shaving or shortening.
The questioner:
Then the essence of covering the entire head.
The Shaykh:
One covers the entire head in shaving and shortening, yes, one covers the entire head in shaving and shortening both. Some scholars hold that shortening part of it is sufficient, but the believer should be cautious with his religion and cover the entire head in shortening, just as he covers it in shaving.
This questioner asks: What is the Islamic definition of shaving and shortening?
The Shaykh:
Is shaving the removal of all the hair in the common understanding? And shortening is taking the ends with scissors or a clipper, as in shortening, so we were alarmed whether we were shaving or shortening.
The questioner:
Then the essence of covering the entire head.
The Shaykh:
One covers the entire head in shaving and shortening, yes, one covers the entire head in shaving and shortening both. Some scholars hold that shortening part of it is sufficient, but the believer should be cautious with his religion and cover the entire head in shortening, just as he covers it in shaving.
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 1 — archive.org (14:03)
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