The Difference Between Shaving the Head and Removing the Khuff in Wudu
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, why is it that when the khuff is removed, we rule that the wudu of the one who wiped over the khuff is invalidated, but we do not rule that the one who shaves his head must repeat his wudu?
Answer:
Because the hair on the head still has its roots; its place of growth remains, and some of the hair remains, unlike the one who removes the khuff that was wiped over, for nothing remains of it; he has removed the entire wiped-over item. As for the one who shaves his head, part of the wiped-over item remains, namely the roots of the hair and the places of growth. Look at the difference between these two. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, why is it that when the khuff is removed, we rule that the wudu of the one who wiped over the khuff is invalidated, but we do not rule that the one who shaves his head must repeat his wudu?
Answer:
Because the hair on the head still has its roots; its place of growth remains, and some of the hair remains, unlike the one who removes the khuff that was wiped over, for nothing remains of it; he has removed the entire wiped-over item. As for the one who shaves his head, part of the wiped-over item remains, namely the roots of the hair and the places of growth. Look at the difference between these two. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/14 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (5:18)
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