Is it permissible for one who has no hair on his head to trim his moustache and beard when exiting the state of ihram?
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The questioner : I am a person who suffered from a condition in my head that removed all the hair from it, until it became like the palm of the hand. I have performed Hajj, and I will perform Hajj again, if Allah wills. But since it is impossible to take anything from my head, I proceed to my moustache and the ends of my beard and take from them. Is this correct? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : The answer is that this is not correct. If you do not have hair on your head, this act of worship is dropped from you because its place has been removed. Its parallel is a man whose hand is amputated from the elbow or above; in that case, it is not obligatory for him to wash his hand at that time, except that he washes it if it is cut from the joint of the elbow, the head of the upper arm only.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But if it is cut from the middle of the upper arm, for example, the washing is dropped entirely. When the place to which an act of worship is attached is lost, the act is dropped.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Accordingly, it is not obligatory for you here to shave the head because the head [hair] does not exist.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for trimming the moustache, it is a recommended practice (sunnah) in this place and elsewhere, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded it, but not for the reason by which this questioner attached the ruling.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for taking from the beard, it is contrary to the Sunnah and contrary to what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded.
The questioner : O Allah, send blessings.
The Shaykh : In his saying:
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So he does not take anything from it, neither in Hajj nor in anything else.
The questioner : Well done.
The Shaykh : The answer is that this is not correct. If you do not have hair on your head, this act of worship is dropped from you because its place has been removed. Its parallel is a man whose hand is amputated from the elbow or above; in that case, it is not obligatory for him to wash his hand at that time, except that he washes it if it is cut from the joint of the elbow, the head of the upper arm only.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But if it is cut from the middle of the upper arm, for example, the washing is dropped entirely. When the place to which an act of worship is attached is lost, the act is dropped.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Accordingly, it is not obligatory for you here to shave the head because the head [hair] does not exist.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for trimming the moustache, it is a recommended practice (sunnah) in this place and elsewhere, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded it, but not for the reason by which this questioner attached the ruling.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for taking from the beard, it is contrary to the Sunnah and contrary to what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded.
The questioner : O Allah, send blessings.
The Shaykh : In his saying:
Let the beards grow long and trim the moustaches
أعفوا اللحى وحفوا الشواربThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So he does not take anything from it, neither in Hajj nor in anything else.
The questioner : Well done.