Does bleeding from a person in ihram invalidate the ihram?
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The questioner : Some of the general public believe that bleeding due to a wound or the like invalidates the ihram. Is there any basis for this in the Shari'ah?
The Shaykh : There is no basis for this in the Shari'ah. Bleeding from a person in ihram, whether intentional or unintentional, has no effect on his ihram, there is no sin in it, and there is no expiation required, but this...
...originates from a statement by some scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) that if a person wounds himself or causes a wound to himself and blood comes out, he must pay an expiation. However, this is a weak opinion, for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) applied cupping, and blood comes out from cupping, yet he did not pay an expiation, even though the cupping of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) required him to shave some of the hair on his head, and yet he did not pay an expiation. So this has no basis in the Shari'ah, even though some scholars have said it, but it is a weak opinion.
And I move from the answer to this question to what some of the overly strict and extreme people do. If he scratches his head, what does he do? He does not scratch his head; he taps it with the tip of his finger. He taps his head with the tip of his finger. The itch may be severe, and he remains for several minutes tapping his head. Why? Out of fear that a hair might fall out.
And this is strange. Even Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), the mother of the believers, said: "If I could not scratch it with my hand, I would scratch it with my foot." This indicates that scratching the head is permissible for a person in ihram.
Even if it is assumed that one hair, or two, or three, or four, or five fall out, he owes nothing. First, because it was unintentional. Second, there is no evidence that there is an expiation for one hair, two hairs, three, four, or five. The expiation is for shaving the head. Shaving part of the head has no evidence that it requires an expiation, even if it is forbidden, as evidenced by the fact that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) shaved part of his head for cupping and did not pay an expiation. Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no basis for this in the Shari'ah. Bleeding from a person in ihram, whether intentional or unintentional, has no effect on his ihram, there is no sin in it, and there is no expiation required, but this...
...originates from a statement by some scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) that if a person wounds himself or causes a wound to himself and blood comes out, he must pay an expiation. However, this is a weak opinion, for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) applied cupping, and blood comes out from cupping, yet he did not pay an expiation, even though the cupping of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) required him to shave some of the hair on his head, and yet he did not pay an expiation. So this has no basis in the Shari'ah, even though some scholars have said it, but it is a weak opinion.
And I move from the answer to this question to what some of the overly strict and extreme people do. If he scratches his head, what does he do? He does not scratch his head; he taps it with the tip of his finger. He taps his head with the tip of his finger. The itch may be severe, and he remains for several minutes tapping his head. Why? Out of fear that a hair might fall out.
And this is strange. Even Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), the mother of the believers, said: "If I could not scratch it with my hand, I would scratch it with my foot." This indicates that scratching the head is permissible for a person in ihram.
Even if it is assumed that one hair, or two, or three, or four, or five fall out, he owes nothing. First, because it was unintentional. Second, there is no evidence that there is an expiation for one hair, two hairs, three, four, or five. The expiation is for shaving the head. Shaving part of the head has no evidence that it requires an expiation, even if it is forbidden, as evidenced by the fact that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) shaved part of his head for cupping and did not pay an expiation. Yes.
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جلسات الحج 1409هـ - 3 — binothaimeen.net (33:41)
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