What is required of one who does not have hair for shaving in Hajj or 'Umrah?
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The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : If a person is in Hajj and has shaved his head, but there is no hair present, and the time for shaving arrives, what should he do?
The Shaykh : He is bald and has no hair, but he has shaved.
The questioner : He had shaved before.
The Shaykh : He has 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? It is sufficient for the razor to pass over his head, because hair, glory be to Allah, grows by the second. Wait, if you shave your head and it becomes the length of a finger by morning, do you think that is or is it not? There is no god but Allah, do you think that is or is it not? So it grows bit by bit, growing in the moment. But some people's growth is fast, and some is less. Do you understand now or not? Praise be to Allah. So if it happens that he shaved before he went, a day before, and he went to Hajj, he will have the eighth and ninth days, two days. On the third day, he will find hair. Yes.
The questioner : The bald one.
The Shaykh : What is the bald one?
The questioner : The one whose hair does not grow.
The Shaykh : So, he owes nothing.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : And what about them?
The questioner : He does not pass the razor.
The Shaykh : He passes the razor, how? What will he shave or peel off the skin? May Allah help us. Have some understanding. Have you seen a man who is amputated, whose arm is cut off from the elbow? Do we say, wash the upper arm? I ask you, no, we do not say that. The place of the obligation is gone, so he does not pass the razor. Do you understand? Has it reached you that there is a disagreement among the scholars on this?
The questioner : I heard one person convey to me, saying about some...
The Shaykh : Yes, it is true. Some scholars said he should pass the razor over him, but this is futile, just as some scholars said that the mute person who cannot speak, if he wants to recite al-Fatihah in prayer, should move his tongue and lips. What is the benefit? This is extra movement in prayer with no value. And here this session, or this meeting, ends until the first Thursday of the month of Muharram, if Allah wills.
We ask Allah to return us and you to a good return, and to make what we have learned an argument for us, not against us. Indeed, He is capable of all things.
The questioner : O Shaykh...
The questioner : If a person is in Hajj and has shaved his head, but there is no hair present, and the time for shaving arrives, what should he do?
The Shaykh : He is bald and has no hair, but he has shaved.
The questioner : He had shaved before.
The Shaykh : He has 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? It is sufficient for the razor to pass over his head, because hair, glory be to Allah, grows by the second. Wait, if you shave your head and it becomes the length of a finger by morning, do you think that is or is it not? There is no god but Allah, do you think that is or is it not? So it grows bit by bit, growing in the moment. But some people's growth is fast, and some is less. Do you understand now or not? Praise be to Allah. So if it happens that he shaved before he went, a day before, and he went to Hajj, he will have the eighth and ninth days, two days. On the third day, he will find hair. Yes.
The questioner : The bald one.
The Shaykh : What is the bald one?
The questioner : The one whose hair does not grow.
The Shaykh : So, he owes nothing.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : And what about them?
The questioner : He does not pass the razor.
The Shaykh : He passes the razor, how? What will he shave or peel off the skin? May Allah help us. Have some understanding. Have you seen a man who is amputated, whose arm is cut off from the elbow? Do we say, wash the upper arm? I ask you, no, we do not say that. The place of the obligation is gone, so he does not pass the razor. Do you understand? Has it reached you that there is a disagreement among the scholars on this?
The questioner : I heard one person convey to me, saying about some...
The Shaykh : Yes, it is true. Some scholars said he should pass the razor over him, but this is futile, just as some scholars said that the mute person who cannot speak, if he wants to recite al-Fatihah in prayer, should move his tongue and lips. What is the benefit? This is extra movement in prayer with no value. And here this session, or this meeting, ends until the first Thursday of the month of Muharram, if Allah wills.
We ask Allah to return us and you to a good return, and to make what we have learned an argument for us, not against us. Indeed, He is capable of all things.
The questioner : O Shaykh...