Grooming and Fitrah
356 questions
Is it obligatory to get water to the roots of the hair in the washed limbs during wudu'?
What is the ruling regarding the prayers performed by the questioner with an ablution in which she thought water had reached her lower eyelashes, but it had not, and must she repeat them? And what is the correct method for washing the eyelashes (upper and lower) during ablution, knowing that water does not reach the lower eyelashes except by opening the eyes, which causes her pain?
What are the consequences for a girl who entered into a state of ihram for Umrah, then menstruated, then returned without completing it due to ignorance, and is her ignorance excused after she performed other Umrahs, got married, and her husband had intercourse with her?
What is required of one who abandoned the performance of 'Umrah due to crowding after having entered into a state of Ihram for it?
What is the ruling on shaving the beard, or trimming it, or thinning it, and is it permissible to trim the hair in front of the ear?
What is the ruling on placing the Black Stone on henna and nail polish?
What is the ruling regarding someone whose mother performed Umrah on her behalf when she was a child, and then she did not complete the remaining two circuits of Sa'y after her family had cut her hair?
Is the sacrifice made by the family of a resident in Yemen, whose expenses are paid by him as his agent, considered as such, and does it entail the obligations of the one making the sacrifice, such as refraining from cutting hair and trimming nails?
Does the Hady of Tamattu’ for the pilgrim who buys its coupon from Al-Rajhi in Makkah without specifying the name not suffice, by analogy with what Sheikh Al-Uthaymeen mentioned regarding the insufficiency of the Udhiyah for which the owner was not designated? And does your fatwa on the recommendation of not taking from the hair and nails for the one offering the Udhiyah contradict Sheikh Al-Uthaymeen’s saying regarding its obligation?
Is the exemption from trimming the beard (not shortening it) contradictory to grooming it? What is the evidence that prohibits grooming the beard or grooming the hair directly in front of the ears? Is a wife's aversion to an unkempt beard considered an excuse for grooming and styling it?
Is it permissible to remove underarm hair during Ghusl, or must it be removed before it, and what is the ruling on the prayers performed after that Ghusl?
Does removing dead skin or trimming nails after performing ablution (wudu'), or the presence of white residue around the nails, or an oily layer on the nose, or forgetting the order of ablution and re-intending for it, invalidate the ablution or necessitate its repetition?
Is it permissible to get a tattoo for eyebrows afflicted with eczema and hair loss, knowing that tattooing is a form of permanent body modification and that wigs are permissible in cases of hair loss?
Is it permissible to use sugar wax (halawa) to pluck armpit hair if it is short and cannot be plucked by hand, and is that considered imitation of women?
Is it permissible to wipe over part of the hair and then complete the wiping over the head covering (tarhah) to avoid damaging and drying the hair, and does ablution become invalid by removing the head covering that was wiped over, and is it permissible to wear a jilbab or another head covering and pray with the same ablution?
Does the validity of ablution (wudu') get affected by the presence of sparse or medium hair on the face, knowing that water reaches the skin after removing the hair? And do skin tags on the foot, and some pigments, need to be removed for ablution, even though they do not prevent water from reaching the skin? And does excessive cleaning of fingertips and under nails affect the validity of ablution? And does some head hair falling onto the face during washing require rewashing the face? And does the hair near the ear (sideburns) fall within the scope of the face for ablution?
Is it necessary to lift the hair to wipe the whiteness between the head and the ear during wudu' if the hair is tied and covers that area, or is it permissible to wipe over the hair that covers it? And does wiping the outer part of the ears include only the curved part of the ear, or must the movable cartilage be wiped, and what is the ruling regarding the back of the ear?
What is the ruling on a dog touching shoes or clothes, and how are they purified?
Must I offer a sacrifice or not, after the first ‘Umrah’s tahallul with a razor, then entering into ihram for a second ‘Umrah from Al-Tan‘eem and performing its tahallul by clipping nails without shaving, then, 7 months later, cutting my hair with the intention of performing tahallul from the second ‘Umrah?
What is required of the mother and brother who did not cut their hair after Umrah, knowing that the brother had intercourse with his wife after taking off the Ihram and returning to Riyadh, and the mother is elderly and her husband does not approach her?
Is it permissible for a working woman, for whom it is difficult to remove her hijab, to wipe her face with water, and is it permissible for her to wipe over her hijab instead of her hair during ablution?
What is the ruling on shaving the pubic hair and armpit hair if one spouse requests the other to leave the hair in these areas, provided there is complete cleanliness, and must the wife obey her husband in this even if it contradicts the application of the Sunnah?
Is my neighbor required to offer a fidyah or kaffarah for spending a night in the Haram, given that she did not trim her nails or hair before Hajj?
Is the 'Umrah valid, and what is the ruling on one who, out of ignorance, committed the following prohibitions: plucking eyebrow hair and head hair, obsessive thoughts about seminal emission with lust, and seeing menstrual blood after entering into Ihram? What expiations result from that, and how is the 'Umrah to be completed?