The Book of Hajj-03b

The reciter: And Ibn Numayr narrated to us, my father narrated to us, he said: Saif narrated to us, he said: I heard Mujahid say: Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla narrated to me, Ka'b ibn Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to me: أنّ رسول الله صلّى الله عليه وسلّم وقف عليه ورأسه يتهافت قملًا ، فقال : أيؤذيك هوامّك ؟ قلت : نعم ، قال : فاحلق رأسك ، قال : ففيّ نزلت هذه الآية : فمن كان منكم مريضًا أو به أذًى من رأسه ففدية من صيامٍ أو صدقةٍ أو نسكٍ فقال لي رسول الله صلّى الله عليه وسلّم : صم ثلاثة أيّامٍ ، أو تصدّق بفرقٍ بين ستّة مساكين ، أو انسك ما تيسّر That the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood over him while lice were falling from his head, and he said: "Do your lice bother you?" I said: Yes. He said: "Then shave your head." He said: "It was for my sake that this verse was revealed: 'And whoever among you is ill or has an ailment in his head, then an expiation of fasting or charity or sacrifice.'" Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Fast for three days, or give charity of a sa' distributed among six poor people, or offer a sacrifice of whatever is easy for you.".

The Shaykh : This supports the view that his previous statement: refers to the sacrifice. We said it is possible that it refers to the three options, but what we said is that if the wording does not fit that, the meaning fits, which is that whoever is unable to perform one of the obligatory acts is excused from it.