The Permissibility of a Pilgrim in 'Umrah Combing His Hair
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. From Riyadh, a listener who referred to his name by the letters M.M.M.A. He says: I went to perform the obligatory 'Umrah, and after entering the state of ihram from the miqat and boarding the bus, I forgot and combed my hair once. On the second time, I remembered that this invalidates the 'Umrah, so I looked at my ihram clothes to see if I could find any hair that had fallen from my head, but I did not find any hair that had fallen. I continued on to Makkah to complete the rites of 'Umrah, but now I am in doubt about that. I ask for your guidance, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is no blame on you for that, and it is permissible for you to comb your hair, but with gentleness so that nothing falls out while you are in ihram. If something falls without your choice or intention, there is no sin on you. In any case, your ihram is valid and your 'Umrah is valid, and praise be to Allah. Combing your hair is permissible, and hair falling out if it is not intentional does not affect the validity. Praise be to Allah.
And if something falls intentionally, and you are deliberate in causing it to fall, then you owe the fidyah (ransom payment), which is a choice between three things: either sacrificing a sheep, or fasting for three days, or feeding six poor people, half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of food for each poor person. As He the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:196] regarding the delay. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. From Riyadh, a listener who referred to his name by the letters M.M.M.A. He says: I went to perform the obligatory 'Umrah, and after entering the state of ihram from the miqat and boarding the bus, I forgot and combed my hair once. On the second time, I remembered that this invalidates the 'Umrah, so I looked at my ihram clothes to see if I could find any hair that had fallen from my head, but I did not find any hair that had fallen. I continued on to Makkah to complete the rites of 'Umrah, but now I am in doubt about that. I ask for your guidance, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is no blame on you for that, and it is permissible for you to comb your hair, but with gentleness so that nothing falls out while you are in ihram. If something falls without your choice or intention, there is no sin on you. In any case, your ihram is valid and your 'Umrah is valid, and praise be to Allah. Combing your hair is permissible, and hair falling out if it is not intentional does not affect the validity. Praise be to Allah.
And if something falls intentionally, and you are deliberate in causing it to fall, then you owe the fidyah (ransom payment), which is a choice between three things: either sacrificing a sheep, or fasting for three days, or feeding six poor people, half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of food for each poor person. As He the Exalted said:
And do not shave your heads until the sacrificial animal has reached its place of slaughter. And whoever among you is ill or has an ailment of the head [making shaving necessary must offer] a ransom of fasting [three days] or charity or sacrifice.
وَلَا تَحْلِقُوا رُءُوسَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ الْهَدْيُ مَحِلَّهُ فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ بِهِ أَذًى مِّن رَّأْسِهِ فَفِدْيَةٌ مِّن صِيَامٍ أَوْ صَدَقَةٍ أَوْ نُسُكٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4278- جواز تسريح المعتمر لشعره - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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