What are the obligatory acts after returning from Muzdalifah?
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Question:
My question to Your Eminence is about the order of the acts I perform after returning from Muzdalifah?
Answer:
First, you begin with the stoning of the pillars, then the sacrifice, then shaving the head or shortening the hair, with shaving being better, then the circumambulation of the Ka'bah, and then the walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah if you have a sa'y to perform. This is the order the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) followed, for he stoned on the Day of Sacrifice, then went to the place of sacrifice and slaughtered his sacrificial animals, then shaved his head and distributed his hair among the Companions, then applied perfume and performed the first release from the consecrated state. This first release permits wearing sewn clothing, applying perfume, covering the head, cutting the nails and hair, and similar things, but the prohibition regarding women remains. When he performed the circumambulation, everything became permissible for him.
This is the order prescribed by Allah: stoning, then sacrifice, and shaving or shortening the hair, with shaving being better, then the circumambulation and the walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah for the one performing tamattu', and likewise for the one performing qiran. The one performing Hajj alone, if he did not perform the walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah with the arrival circumambulation, performs it with the circumambulation of ifadah. By this, the complete release is achieved, and women, perfume, wearing sewn clothing, and covering the head if he is a man become permissible for him. Likewise, for a woman, perfume, wearing gloves, wearing the face veil, cutting hair and nails, and her husband becoming permissible to her, and similar things that Allah prohibited for the one in the consecrated state, become permissible.
As for the one who only performed the stoning, only the first release is permissible for him, which is wearing sewn clothing, applying perfume, covering the head, and similar things, and women are not permissible for him.
The scholars differed: is it necessary to combine shaving or shortening the hair with the stoning, or not? There are two opinions, and the most cautious view is that it does not become permissible until he combines shaving or shortening the hair with the stoning. So he should not hasten until he shaves or shortens his hair, then he wears his clothes. This is the most cautious for him. And whoever wears them before that, there is no blame on him, if Allah wills, and no expiation, but he has left the precaution; because the disagreement is strong in this matter. The primary basis is the stoning; if he stoned the pillar, that is the primary basis for the first release. And if he added shaving or shortening the hair to the stoning, that is more complete and more cautious. Then, after that, the circumambulation and the walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah remain upon him, along with the prohibition regarding women. When he performs the circumambulation and the walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah, everything that was prohibited to him by the consecrated state becomes permissible for him.
My question to Your Eminence is about the order of the acts I perform after returning from Muzdalifah?
Answer:
First, you begin with the stoning of the pillars, then the sacrifice, then shaving the head or shortening the hair, with shaving being better, then the circumambulation of the Ka'bah, and then the walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah if you have a sa'y to perform. This is the order the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) followed, for he stoned on the Day of Sacrifice, then went to the place of sacrifice and slaughtered his sacrificial animals, then shaved his head and distributed his hair among the Companions, then applied perfume and performed the first release from the consecrated state. This first release permits wearing sewn clothing, applying perfume, covering the head, cutting the nails and hair, and similar things, but the prohibition regarding women remains. When he performed the circumambulation, everything became permissible for him.
This is the order prescribed by Allah: stoning, then sacrifice, and shaving or shortening the hair, with shaving being better, then the circumambulation and the walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah for the one performing tamattu', and likewise for the one performing qiran. The one performing Hajj alone, if he did not perform the walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah with the arrival circumambulation, performs it with the circumambulation of ifadah. By this, the complete release is achieved, and women, perfume, wearing sewn clothing, and covering the head if he is a man become permissible for him. Likewise, for a woman, perfume, wearing gloves, wearing the face veil, cutting hair and nails, and her husband becoming permissible to her, and similar things that Allah prohibited for the one in the consecrated state, become permissible.
As for the one who only performed the stoning, only the first release is permissible for him, which is wearing sewn clothing, applying perfume, covering the head, and similar things, and women are not permissible for him.
The scholars differed: is it necessary to combine shaving or shortening the hair with the stoning, or not? There are two opinions, and the most cautious view is that it does not become permissible until he combines shaving or shortening the hair with the stoning. So he should not hasten until he shaves or shortens his hair, then he wears his clothes. This is the most cautious for him. And whoever wears them before that, there is no blame on him, if Allah wills, and no expiation, but he has left the precaution; because the disagreement is strong in this matter. The primary basis is the stoning; if he stoned the pillar, that is the primary basis for the first release. And if he added shaving or shortening the hair to the stoning, that is more complete and more cautious. Then, after that, the circumambulation and the walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah remain upon him, along with the prohibition regarding women. When he performs the circumambulation and the walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah, everything that was prohibited to him by the consecrated state becomes permissible for him.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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