Shortening the hair by a single strand in 'Umrah
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Question:
This is a woman asking. She says: I went to perform 'Umrah in the month of Ramadan, and when I finished, I did not shorten my hair; rather, I cut a single strand with my hand, and then I put on the niqab. What is required of me?
Answer:
I mean, you should not wait a year or years to ask. You were supposed to ask immediately. A single strand is not enough. You gather your hair and cut from the tips of the hair the length of a finger joint; that is enough. One strand is not enough. So you have not shortened it yet. You have not shortened it yet. It is obligatory for you to shorten it now from all the tips of the hair, from all the tips of the hair, by the length of a finger joint.
And if intercourse took place during this period, you owe a fidyah (ransom payment). You slaughter a fidyah in Makkah and distribute it to the poor. And if no intercourse took place, praise be to Allah, the 'Umrah is completed, and you have performed the rites, even if after a long time.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This is a woman asking. She says: I went to perform 'Umrah in the month of Ramadan, and when I finished, I did not shorten my hair; rather, I cut a single strand with my hand, and then I put on the niqab. What is required of me?
Answer:
I mean, you should not wait a year or years to ask. You were supposed to ask immediately. A single strand is not enough. You gather your hair and cut from the tips of the hair the length of a finger joint; that is enough. One strand is not enough. So you have not shortened it yet. You have not shortened it yet. It is obligatory for you to shorten it now from all the tips of the hair, from all the tips of the hair, by the length of a finger joint.
And if intercourse took place during this period, you owe a fidyah (ransom payment). You slaughter a fidyah in Makkah and distribute it to the poor. And if no intercourse took place, praise be to Allah, the 'Umrah is completed, and you have performed the rites, even if after a long time.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
وجوب الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر، بداية من قول المُصَنِّف : وفي صحيح مسلم عن عبد الله بن مسعود - رضي الله عنه - — islamhouse.com (1:08:48)
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