What is the ruling on a woman who did not shorten her hair and did not apply perfume after stoning the Jamarat al-Aqabah?

The questioner : ... Then she left, and then she forgot to shorten her hair, or rather she did not shorten it, and it was not forgetfulness; she did not shorten it. So she applied perfume, put on her clothes, and changed her state of ihram. Then she went to the Tawaf al-Ifadah after applying perfume. After the Tawaf, she performed Sa'y. She was performing Ifrad, and she shortened her hair. What is the ruling in a case like this?

The Shaykh : The original ruling in this matter is that the lesser state of permissibility (hal al-Asghar), by the explicit text of the hadith, is not realized except by stoning the large Jamarah. And as I said, she did not enter the state of permissibility by stoning the Jamarah, but rather she entered it by shortening her hair, which is the equivalent of shaving for men. So I say: if she did this action relying on the fatwa of some scholars who say that the state of permissibility is achieved by shaving and slaughtering and similar additions to the rituals, then her entering the state of permissibility is permissible according to the opinion of these scholars. However, based on the authentic hadith, her entering the state of permissibility would not be valid because she did not stone. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

The questioner : She stoned the Jamarat al-Aqabah. May Allah reward you.

The Shaykh : She stoned it.

The questioner : She stoned the Jamarat al-Aqabah but did not shorten her hair.

The Shaykh : Ah, she stoned it! Okay, the problem is resolved because the state of permissibility was achieved by the stoning. So the fact that she shortened her hair after the Tawaf al-Ifadah, as you mentioned, there is nothing wrong with that.

The questioner : If it happened after the Tawaf al-Ifadah?

The Shaykh : The shortening, you mean?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : It does not harm.

The questioner : Applying perfume or covering the head for a man without stoning the Jamarat al-Aqabah began with the rituals of the festival.

The Shaykh : That is what you thought, but the man said that she stoned it, which means that she entered the state of permissibility. As for your question, we have answered it in the past, have we not?

The questioner : No...

The Shaykh : How? As we said before, not before. I thought that the woman had not stoned it, and therefore I detailed what I detailed. When he corrected me and said she stoned it, and that she only shaved after the Tawaf al-Ifadah, there is nothing wrong with that. As for a person who did not stone but shaved...

The questioner : Or began with the Tawaf.

The Shaykh : Or began with the Tawaf al-Ifadah, then he did nothing, meaning he did not enter the state of permissibility from anything. He must stone, and by that, he combines the lesser state of permissibility and the greater state of permissibility. The greater state of permissibility is not achieved except by the prerequisite of the lesser state of permissibility, which is stoning the Jamarah. We spoke with him about this.

Another questioner : Does he perform the stoning on the day of the festival?

The Shaykh : There is no harm in this, but the important thing is that the lesser state of permissibility is not achieved except by stoning.

The questioner : Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh : Welcome, and upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.