Fatwa: # 15541
Category: Hajj and Umrah (Pilgrimage)
Country: Saudi Arabia
Date: 19th August 2007

Title

Should i remove unwanted hair before Hajj?

Question

Mufti saab I wasnt to ask that shoul women also shave/remove their unwanted hairs before going for haj or omrah as it is required for men. And is it required for womens also to remove their unwanted hairs atleast once in 40 days.

Answer

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatoh

It is mustahab to remove one’s unwanted hair once a week, preferably on aFriday. It is makrooh to leave the unwanted hair for forty days or more.

 

It is not a condition fore the validity of umrah and haj to remove ones unwanted hair. It is however desirable to remove the unwanted hair before donning the ihram for umrah or haj.

And Allah knows best

Wassalam

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa

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