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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on the Hajj of one who left off shaving or shortening the hair

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Question:
May Allah reward you. From the questions of the questioner from al-Qasim, he says: Honorable Shaykh, three years ago I performed the obligatory Hajj, which is the Hajj of Islam. When I slaughtered the sacrificial animal, my colleague suggested that I shorten my hair. I went to a barbershop but did not find the owner, so I waited for about an hour. Then I went back to my colleague and told him that I had not found the barber. When we prayed Fajr, we went to the Sacred Mosque for the farewell circumambulation, and we performed it, and I had not shaved due to my ignorance. I arrived in al-Qasim and I had not shaved. Is my Hajj valid? What should I do?

Answer:
It is valid, but it is incomplete because you left off a rite of the Hajj, which is shaving or shortening the hair. So you must hasten to shave or shorten your hair with the intention of the rite. Shave or shorten your hair with the intention of the rite in the place where you are, in al-Qasim or elsewhere, because shaving does not have to be in the Sacred Precinct. And if you had sexual intercourse during this period, then you owe a fidyah (ransom payment) that you slaughter in Makkah and distribute to the poor of the Sacred Precinct. So what is obligatory for you, if you had sexual intercourse, is two things: first, shaving, and hastening to shave with the intention, or shortening with the intention of the rite. The second thing: if you had sexual intercourse, you must pay a fidyah, which is slaughtering a sheep, or one-seventh of a camel, or one-seventh of a cow in Makkah, and distributing it to the poor of the Sacred Precinct. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6394- حكم حج من ترك الحلق أو التقصير - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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