Question
1:
Allah ﷻ
forbid! If a Muḥrim shaves his beard, what is the penalty?
Answer:
Shaving or trimming the beard less
than a fist-length is a Ḥarām act leading to Hell. It is even more strictly
Ḥarām in the state of Iḥrām in which not even the hair of head can be cut.
Ṣadr-ush-Sharī'ah رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْهِ has stated: If the
Muḥrim has removed hair from one fourth part of his head or more than it, he is
required to pay a Dam. If the hair is removed from less than one fourth part of
the head, Ṣadaqah is due. If the Muḥrim has less hair in his beard, and has
removed all hair that is equivalent to the one fourth part of a full beard, Dam
is due otherwise Ṣadaqah. If the Muḥrim has removed a little amount of hair
from different places of his head, and the total amount of removed hair is
equivalent to the one fourth part of the head, Dam will be Wājib otherwise
Ṣadaqah.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 1170; Rad-dul-Muḥtār, vol. 3, pp. 659)
Question
2:
Can a woman crop her hair?
Answer:
No. If she crops the hair of a
quarter of her head or that of her whole head equal to a finger digit in
length, she will have to pay Dam. In case of cropping the hair by less than a
finger digit in length, she will have to pay Ṣadaqah.
(Lubāb-ul-Manāsik,
pp. 327)
Question
3:
If a Muḥrim has removed the hair of
his neck or that of armpit or pubic area, what is the ruling for him?
Answer:
If he has removed hair from his
entire neck or from his one entire armpit, he has to pay Dam. If hair is not
removed from entire neck or entire armpit Ṣadaqah is due even if hair from half
or more of these parts is removed. There is the same ruling on removing pubic
hair. If he has removed hair from both entire armpits, one Dam is due.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 1170; Durr-e-Mukhtār, Rad-dul-Muḥtār, vol. 3, pp. 659)
Question
4:
If a person gets shaved the hair of
his head, beard and armpit, etc. in one sitting, how many expiations will he
have to pay?
Answer:
Only one Dam will be Wājib even if
all the hair of the whole body from head to toe is removed in one sitting.
However, if the hair of different body parts is removed in different sittings,
Dam will be Wājib depending upon the number of sittings.
(Durr-e-Mukhtār,
Rad-dul-Muḥtār, vol. 3, pp. 659-661)
Question
5:
If hair falls during Wuḍū, is there
any expiation for it?
Answer:
Of course. If Muḥrim's 2 or 3
strands of hairs fall during Wuḍū or due to scratching the body or combing
hair, he is to donate a handful of grain or a piece of bread or a date as
charity for each fallen hair. If more than three hair falls, he will have to
pay Ṣadaqah.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 1171)
Question
6:
If some of the hairs of a Muḥrim are
burnt by the fire of the stove while cooking food, then...?
Answer:
He will have to pay Ṣadaqah.
(ibid)
Question
7:
If a Muḥrim gets his moustache
shaved, what is the expiation?
Answer:
Whether he gets his whole moustache
shaved or gets it trimmed, he will have to pay Ṣadaqah.
(ibid)
Question
8:
If someone gets the hair of his
chest shaved, what should he do?
Answer:
Except under navel hair, that of
head, beard and neck, if one gets the hair of any other part of his body
shaved, he will have to pay Ṣadaqah only.
(ibid)
Question
9:
Is there any leniency for the person
whose hair falls involuntarily out of the disease of hair-falling?
Answer:
There will be no expiation even if
all of his hair falls involuntarily provided he has not touched the hair.
Question
10:
What will be the expiation, if a
Muḥrim shaves another Muḥrim's head?
Answer:
If the time for the removal of Iḥrām
has arrived, both of them may shave each others' hair. If the time for the
removal of Iḥrām has not yet arrived, there will be different rulings with
regard to expiation. If a Muḥrim shaves another Muḥrim's head, expiation will
be due not only for the one whose head was shaved but the one who shaved the
head will also have to pay Ṣadaqah. If a Muḥrim shaves the head of a non-Muḥrim
or trims his moustache or nail, [the Muḥrim] should give some charity to the
Masākīn.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 1142, 1171)
Question
11:
Can a non-Muḥrim shave the head of a
Muḥrim or not?
Answer:
He cannot do so before its proper
time. If he does so, expiation will become due not only for the Muḥrim, but the
non-Muḥrim will also have to pay Ṣadaqah.
(ibid,
pp. 1171)
Question
12:
What is the ruling if a Muḥrim has
removed his hair with depilatory [i.e. hair-removing] powder or cream?
Answer:
It is stated in Bahār-e-Sharī'at:
The ruling is the same whether hair is shaved, cut, trimmed or removed using
anything.
(ibid)
Questions
and answers about use of fragrance
Question
1:
In the state of Iḥrām, if a person
took the bottle of fragrance in his hand, causing some fragrance to come into
contact with his hand, is there any expiation for it?
Answer:
Seeing this, if people comment that
a lot of fragrance has come into contact with the hand, Dam will be Wājib even
if it is in contact with a small part. If very little amount of fragrance comes
into contact with the body, Ṣadaqah will become due.
(Derived
from Bahār-e-Sharī'at, vol. 1, pp. 1163)
Question
2:
If a Muḥrim applies fragrant oil to
his head, what should he do?
Answer:
If fragrance comes into contact with
the whole of a big part of the body such as the thigh, the face, the shin or
the head, Dam will be Wājib irrespective of whether it happens out of applying
fragrant oil or scent.
(Derived
from Bahār-e-Sharī'at, vol. 1, pp. 1163)
Question
3:
If fragrance comes into contact with
bedding or Iḥrām or someone else applies it to them, what should be done?
Answer:
The amount of fragrance should be
observed. If the amount of fragrance is much, Dam will be due; if the amount is
less, Ṣadaqah will be due.
Question
4:
If fragrance is applied to the carpet,
bedding, pillow or shawl, etc. of lodging, what should Muḥrim do?
Answer:
The Muḥrim should avoid using them.
If he did not take care, resulting in the fragrance coming into contact with
any of his body parts, there will be two different rulings depending upon the
amount of fragrance. If the amount of fragrance that has come into contact is
much, Dam will be Wājib; if it is less, Ṣadaqah will be Wājib. If no fragrance
has come into contact with any of the body parts of Muḥrim, no expiation will
be due. However, it is still better to avoid such things. The Muḥrim should
talk to the landlord to provide any other lodging or alternatively he can
spread an odourless shawl over the floor or bedding. Similarly, he can change
the covering of the pillow or wrap it in some odourless sheet.
Question
5:
After Muḥrim has made the intention
of Iḥrām, is it necessary for him to remove the fragrance applied to the body
before the intention of Iḥrām?
Answer:
No. Ṣadr-ush-Sharī'ah رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْهِ has stated: If the
fragrance applied to the body before the intention of Iḥrām spreads, coming
into contact with other parts of the body after the intention of Iḥrām, no
expiation is due.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 1163)
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