What is your opinion regarding a woman in her waiting period whose family slaughters a sacrificial animal and cuts the ends of her hair at the end of the waiting period?

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. The listener, Abdullah al-Atifi from the South, sent a message containing a collection of issues. In one of them, he asks Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve him) for your opinion on a woman in her waiting period whose family slaughters a sacrificial animal for her at the end of her waiting period, as is done on occasions of celebration. What is your guidance regarding such an act? May Allah reward you with good. Also, they cut the ends of

Answer:
As for cutting her hair, this is not permissible; it is forbidden because this cutting is for the ritual of Hajj or 'Umrah, namely shortening the hair. In any other case, it is not permissible to do this with a woman in her waiting period at the end of it, nor in any other situation, except for a permissible reason, such as lightening the hair if it is long and she needs a cut; in that case, there is no harm. As for the sacrificial animal, if it is done on the basis of the belief that it is prescribed, then this is an error, and this would be a religious innovation (bid'ah). However, if this is done on the basis of rejoicing at the end of the waiting period, celebrating with the woman in her waiting period, and comforting her through the gathering and the meeting of relatives, and they do this as a custom and as a form of joy, then there is no harm in it, but it should not be made a regular practice or a custom. Yes.