Darul Ifta, Darul Uloom Azaadville

Shaving The Hair After A Second Umrah

· 5 Ramadan 1444 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

A person performed a second Umrah a week after performing his first Umrah. To come out of Ihraam, he merely cut a few strands of hair at the back of his head.

An Aalim informed him that he should have cut the hair of at least a quarter of the head or pass a razor over the entire head. If this is correct, what must he do now as he is home for a month already?

Answer

If one had no hair on his head, then merely passing a razor over his head would suffice. However, since you state “he merely cut a few strands of hair at the back of his head”, this statement shows that the hair on his head had slightly grown.

Thus, the ruling which the Aalim gave (that he had to cut at least quarter of the hair on the head) was correct. Therefore, one should sincerely turn to Allah Ta’aala in Tawbah and Istighfaar, and discharge some Saqadah.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

وَلَوْ حَلَقَ دُونَ الرُّبْعِ فَعَلَيْهِ الصَّدَقَةُ

الفتاوى الهندية ج ١ ص ٢٤٣ دار احياء التراث العربي

المسالك في المناسك ج ۱ ص٥٧٧ دار البشائر الاسلامية

تبيين الحقائق ج ٢ ص ٣٨٦ رشيدية

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Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B.
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