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What is the value in Saudi Riyals of the fidyah required for removing hair or trimming nails?

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Among the prohibitions of are removing hair or trimming nails, and doing so necessitates a (expiatory offering) with options: sacrificing a sheep, or feeding six poor people — half a sa' to each, or fasting three days. This is based on the Almighty's saying: "And do not shave your heads until the sacrificial animal reaches its place of sacrifice. And whoever among you is ill or has an ailment of the head - then an expiation of fasting or charity or sacrifice." (Al-Baqarah: 196), and on the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying to Ka'b ibn Ujrah: "Shave [your head], and fast three days, or feed six poor people, or offer a sacrifice." The fidyah cannot be given in cash; it must be given in food. As for taking from hair or nails for someone who intends to offer a sacrifice but is not in Ihram, there is no fidyah for it; rather, one must seek forgiveness and repent.

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