Is it permissible for a person in the state of ihram to comb his hair?
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The Shaykh : Is it permissible for a person in the state of ihram to comb his hair, based on the following hadith: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Aisha and said: ?
Answer: At a time when there is nothing preventing a person in the state of ihram for Hajj or 'Umrah from combing his hair, this hadith confirms the presumption of original permissibility, thus permitting the person in the state of ihram to comb his hair. This is because the concept regarding the pilgrim is not as many people imagine it to be. This hadith, which is his statement (peace be upon him) to the Lady Aisha:, supports the presumption of original permissibility, which is the permissibility of combing for the person in the state of ihram. It is not intended that if a person enters the state of ihram for Hajj and engages in the rituals of Hajj, everything becomes forbidden to him. The matter is not as expansive as many authors and writers make it out to be, but it is obligatory for us to stand by the limits of the Shari'ah. For example, the Wise Lawgiver has absolutely forbidden the person in the state of ihram, whether male or female, to use perfume during his state of ihram. However, it is a recommended practice (sunnah) for the one who intends to enter the state of ihram to use perfume before entering the state of ihram. He should use good perfume whose scent lingers, so that when he enters the state of ihram for Hajj or 'Umrah, you smell the pleasant scent from him. Thus, perfume is permitted before Hajj, but forbidden during Hajj.
So, the issue does not involve this strictness in its farthest sense, as some people think. For example, some of the fasting people think that it is not permissible for them to use perfume. What do they observe? They observe that fasting means restraining oneself from good things. One of the good things is smelling a pleasant scent. So, they think it is not permissible to smell a pleasant scent. This statement is not correct. It is not permissible to eat and drink and the like of what is explicitly mentioned in the texts. However, there is no obstacle to using perfume while fasting, and there is no obstacle to using the miswak while fasting. Similarly, the person in the state of ihram for Hajj is forbidden from specific limited things, so we stop there and do not impose on people more than what the text has brought. The text forbade the man from cutting his nails and from taking from his hair or his beard. Likewise, it is not permissible for the woman to take from her hair until she exits the state of ihram. But this prohibition is one thing, and combing his beard or... her hair, and some hairs coming out, this is not called shaving. There is absolutely nothing in the Shari'ah that prevents this. And the hadith of Aisha, as we said, supports this principle. The one who enters the state of ihram for Hajj is not allowed to use perfume, but before the state of ihram, before he says: Labbaik Allahumma 'umrah, it is permissible for him to use perfume.
Unbraid your head and comb your hair
انقُضِي رأسك وامتشطيAnswer: At a time when there is nothing preventing a person in the state of ihram for Hajj or 'Umrah from combing his hair, this hadith confirms the presumption of original permissibility, thus permitting the person in the state of ihram to comb his hair. This is because the concept regarding the pilgrim is not as many people imagine it to be. This hadith, which is his statement (peace be upon him) to the Lady Aisha:
Unbraid your head and comb your hair
انقُضِي رأسك وامتشطيSo, the issue does not involve this strictness in its farthest sense, as some people think. For example, some of the fasting people think that it is not permissible for them to use perfume. What do they observe? They observe that fasting means restraining oneself from good things. One of the good things is smelling a pleasant scent. So, they think it is not permissible to smell a pleasant scent. This statement is not correct. It is not permissible to eat and drink and the like of what is explicitly mentioned in the texts. However, there is no obstacle to using perfume while fasting, and there is no obstacle to using the miswak while fasting. Similarly, the person in the state of ihram for Hajj is forbidden from specific limited things, so we stop there and do not impose on people more than what the text has brought. The text forbade the man from cutting his nails and from taking from his hair or his beard. Likewise, it is not permissible for the woman to take from her hair until she exits the state of ihram. But this prohibition is one thing, and combing his beard or... her hair, and some hairs coming out, this is not called shaving. There is absolutely nothing in the Shari'ah that prevents this. And the hadith of Aisha, as we said, supports this principle. The one who enters the state of ihram for Hajj is not allowed to use perfume, but before the state of ihram, before he says: Labbaik Allahumma 'umrah, it is permissible for him to use perfume.
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