Is shortening the hair in 'Umrah taking a few strands from all sides of the head?

The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Is shortening the hair in 'Umrah taking a few strands from all sides of the head?

The Shaykh:
No, he takes hair, not just a few strands. He takes hair from the sides, the middle, and the sides, covering the entire head with the shortening, just as he covers it with shaving. This is because Allah made shortening a substitute for shaving, and shaving covers the entire head, so shortening does the same. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.

The Shaykh:
And today, praise be to Allah, I have found machines that set it to a certain level and pass over the head, shortening it or shaving it, and I wanted a state of completion. Yes.

The presenter:
Prepared by the Project of the Senior Scholars of Kuwait, may Allah honor it with tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the Sunnah.