What is the ruling on one who leaves off shaving or shortening the hair during 'Umrah?
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The questioner : I went with my family for 'Umrah.
The Shaykh : I went.
The questioner : For 'Umrah, and we did not shorten the hair, nor did we shave. What is the way to do it?
The Shaykh : Did you not shave or shorten the hair?
The questioner : We did not shave or shorten the hair for 'Umrah.
The Shaykh : And did you shave?
The questioner : Yes, we shaved. After that, we did not shorten the hair. As Allah willed, we were supposed to shorten it. I thought, I mean, I believed that shortening is not obligatory for 'Umrah.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : I came from Kuwait, may you live long.
The Shaykh : Fine, slaughter a fidyah in Makkah and distribute it to the poor.
The questioner : A fidyah? What kind of fidyah?
The Shaykh : Now, every person in Makkah should say: Buy me a sacrificial animal, slaughter it, and distribute it to the poor.
The questioner : So, does each person have a sacrificial animal?
The Shaykh : Each person has a sacrificial animal.
The questioner : Each person has a sacrificial animal.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And as you heard a moment ago, my advice is that if a person neglects something, he should ask about it now, meaning immediately, and not delay.
The questioner : I believed that there is no shaving in 'Umrah. Perhaps it was ignorance on my part.
The Shaykh : Good, if Allah wills. In any case, this is the obligatory duty, if Allah wills.
The questioner : Can I make a will to pay for it?
The Shaykh : It is permissible for you to make a will for it.
The questioner : I will make a will for it.
The Shaykh : You make a will for it to a person. And if you want to go yourself, that is fine; you perform 'Umrah and pay the fidyah.
The questioner : No one makes a will here, may Allah reward you with good. I am from Kuwait, I swear to Allah, I just came.
The Shaykh : I swear to Allah, if they give us 400 riyals.
The questioner : The amount we have.
The Shaykh : Give us 400 riyals, and if Allah wills, we will find someone.
The questioner : Does each individual have 400?
The Shaykh : Each individual has 400, yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : After that.
The Shaykh : I went.
The questioner : For 'Umrah, and we did not shorten the hair, nor did we shave. What is the way to do it?
The Shaykh : Did you not shave or shorten the hair?
The questioner : We did not shave or shorten the hair for 'Umrah.
The Shaykh : And did you shave?
The questioner : Yes, we shaved. After that, we did not shorten the hair. As Allah willed, we were supposed to shorten it. I thought, I mean, I believed that shortening is not obligatory for 'Umrah.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : I came from Kuwait, may you live long.
The Shaykh : Fine, slaughter a fidyah in Makkah and distribute it to the poor.
The questioner : A fidyah? What kind of fidyah?
The Shaykh : Now, every person in Makkah should say: Buy me a sacrificial animal, slaughter it, and distribute it to the poor.
The questioner : So, does each person have a sacrificial animal?
The Shaykh : Each person has a sacrificial animal.
The questioner : Each person has a sacrificial animal.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And as you heard a moment ago, my advice is that if a person neglects something, he should ask about it now, meaning immediately, and not delay.
The questioner : I believed that there is no shaving in 'Umrah. Perhaps it was ignorance on my part.
The Shaykh : Good, if Allah wills. In any case, this is the obligatory duty, if Allah wills.
The questioner : Can I make a will to pay for it?
The Shaykh : It is permissible for you to make a will for it.
The questioner : I will make a will for it.
The Shaykh : You make a will for it to a person. And if you want to go yourself, that is fine; you perform 'Umrah and pay the fidyah.
The questioner : No one makes a will here, may Allah reward you with good. I am from Kuwait, I swear to Allah, I just came.
The Shaykh : I swear to Allah, if they give us 400 riyals.
The questioner : The amount we have.
The Shaykh : Give us 400 riyals, and if Allah wills, we will find someone.
The questioner : Does each individual have 400?
The Shaykh : Each individual has 400, yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : After that.