The Difference Between Removing the Khuff and Shaving the Head in Wiping
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, why do we rule that removing the leather socks invalidates the ablution for the one who wiped over them, but we do not rule that shaving the head requires renewing the ablution?
The Shaykh:
Because the roots of the hair remain; its place of growth remains; it remains in the hair follicles, and something of the hair remains, unlike the one who removes what was wiped over, for nothing remains; he removed all of what was wiped over. As for the one who shaves his head, part of what was wiped over remains, which is the roots of the hair, and the hair follicles remain.
The presenter:
Please, go ahead.
The Shaykh:
Between this and that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, why do we rule that removing the leather socks invalidates the ablution for the one who wiped over them, but we do not rule that shaving the head requires renewing the ablution?
The Shaykh:
Because the roots of the hair remain; its place of growth remains; it remains in the hair follicles, and something of the hair remains, unlike the one who removes what was wiped over, for nothing remains; he removed all of what was wiped over. As for the one who shaves his head, part of what was wiped over remains, which is the roots of the hair, and the hair follicles remain.
The presenter:
Please, go ahead.
The Shaykh:
Between this and that. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - ٠٠٧-نواقض الوضوء - ٧-٧-٢٠ هـ — archive.org (14:36)
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