Shaving the head of a pilgrim who has no hair
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If a person is in Hajj and has already shaved his head, and there is no hair, and the time for shaving arrives, what should he do?
Is he bald, or does he have hair but it has been shaved?
The questioner: It has been shaved.
The Shaykh: It has been shaved. Do you not know that shaving becomes apparent within twenty-four hours?The questioner: It is delayed.
The Shaykh: My question is: Do you know this or not?The questioner: No.
The Shaykh: That is it. It is sufficient for the razor to pass over his head, because the hair, glory be to Allah! grows by the second. You see, if you shave your head and it becomes the length of a finger from the morning, do you think that is so or not?The questioner: No.
The Shaykh: No.
So it grows bit by bit; in a single moment it grows, but some people’s growth is fast and some is slower.
The questioner: I understood.
The Shaykh: Praise be to Allah. So if it happens that he shaves before he walks a day and then walks to Hajj, he will have the eighth and ninth days, two days. On the third day, he will find hair.
The questioner: What does the bald person do?The Shaykh: Who is the bald person?
The questioner: The one who does not grow hair at all.
The Shaykh: He owes nothing.
The questioner: Does he not pass the razor?The Shaykh: He passes the razor! What is he shaving? Or do you want him to peel the skin!! May Allah help us! Have you seen a man whose arm was cut off at the elbow, do we tell him: Wash the upper arm? I am asking you.
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh: We do not say that, because the place of the obligation has disappeared, so he does not pass the razor. Have you heard of a disagreement among the scholars on this?The questioner: I heard one person relate to me from some scholars.
The Shaykh: Yes.
Some scholars say: He passes the razor over it, but this is futile.Just as some scholars said: The mute person who cannot speak, if he wants to recite al-Fatihah in prayer, moves his tongue and lips. What is the benefit? This is extra movement in prayer that has no value. And this session or this meeting ends here until the first Thursday of the month of Muharram, if Allah wills.
We ask Allah to bring us and you back to a good return, and to make what we have learned an argument for us and not against us. Indeed, He is capable of all things.
Is he bald, or does he have hair but it has been shaved?
The questioner: It has been shaved.
The Shaykh: It has been shaved. Do you not know that shaving becomes apparent within twenty-four hours?The questioner: It is delayed.
The Shaykh: My question is: Do you know this or not?The questioner: No.
The Shaykh: That is it. It is sufficient for the razor to pass over his head, because the hair, glory be to Allah! grows by the second. You see, if you shave your head and it becomes the length of a finger from the morning, do you think that is so or not?The questioner: No.
The Shaykh: No.
So it grows bit by bit; in a single moment it grows, but some people’s growth is fast and some is slower.
The questioner: I understood.
The Shaykh: Praise be to Allah. So if it happens that he shaves before he walks a day and then walks to Hajj, he will have the eighth and ninth days, two days. On the third day, he will find hair.
The questioner: What does the bald person do?The Shaykh: Who is the bald person?
The questioner: The one who does not grow hair at all.
The Shaykh: He owes nothing.
The questioner: Does he not pass the razor?The Shaykh: He passes the razor! What is he shaving? Or do you want him to peel the skin!! May Allah help us! Have you seen a man whose arm was cut off at the elbow, do we tell him: Wash the upper arm? I am asking you.
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh: We do not say that, because the place of the obligation has disappeared, so he does not pass the razor. Have you heard of a disagreement among the scholars on this?The questioner: I heard one person relate to me from some scholars.
The Shaykh: Yes.
Some scholars say: He passes the razor over it, but this is futile.Just as some scholars said: The mute person who cannot speak, if he wants to recite al-Fatihah in prayer, moves his tongue and lips. What is the benefit? This is extra movement in prayer that has no value. And this session or this meeting ends here until the first Thursday of the month of Muharram, if Allah wills.
We ask Allah to bring us and you back to a good return, and to make what we have learned an argument for us and not against us. Indeed, He is capable of all things.