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Concession For Shaving The Head

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Darussalam · Volume 6

48. The Book Of Adornment, From As-Sunan[1]

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الحديث: 5048 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 130

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5051. It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that the Prophet ﷺ saw a boy, part of whose head had been shaven and part had been left. He forbade that and said: "Shave all of it, or leave all of it." (Sahih)

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5048 - أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى صَبِيًّا حَلَقَ بَعْضَ رَأْسِهِ وَتَرَكَ بَعْضًا، فَنَهَى عَنْ ذَلِكَ، وَقَالَ: «احْلِقُوهُ كُلَّهُ أَوِ اتْرُكُوهُ كُلَّهُ»

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The unbelievers used to leave a lock or two in the name of some idol, etc. while shaving the head, as nowadays some ignorant people grow a tassel of hair on their heads in the name of their spiritual mentor, while shaving the rest, although such glorification of someone other than Allāh, Most High, is unlawful. Therefore, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ forbade it. This, however, does not mean that one ought to shave the hair from parts of the head equal in length. Rather the prohibition is in shaving part and leaving part from around the ears so that they do not hang into the ears. And if from the upper part of the head they are cut less, then there is no harm in it, provided they present a look of evenness or symmetry.