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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Rites of Hajj, Practical Treatise and Rules Taqsir Article 313 It is obligatory that the Hajji cuts a part of his/her hair of the head or shaves the head and it is his first Hajj then it is better to shave the head, but it is not obligatory.

He/she comes out of Ihram by this act, it means that wearing sewed clothes and other Haraam acts of Ihram become permitted for him except fragrance and women that will become Halaal in the next acts (as will be mentioned).

Article 314 It is an obligatory precaution for those who have tied their hair or have stuck the hair with some materials to shave the head and it is Mustahab precaution to shave the head for those who are performing Hajj for the first time, but it is permitted to only suffice to cutting a part or shortening the hair of the head; and he has choice between these two acts for the next times; although shaving the head is for men and women are not permitted to shave their heads and only cutting a part of the hair of the head is obligatory.

Article 315 Cutting the nail is good with the cutting of the hair from the head for men and women; but it is obligatory precaution not to suffice to cutting the nail alone. Article 316 It is obligatory to perform the triple acts of Mena in sequence. This means that first- Ramy al-Jamarah al-Aqaba, second- sacrifice and third- shaving the head or cutting a part of the hair of the head and nail.

Whenever a pilgrim performs these acts without observing the sequence because of ignorance or forgetfulness then his/her acts are correct, even if he/she does not observe that deliberately, he/she has performed a sin but there is no atonement. Delaying shaving the head or cutting the hair of the head or the nail has no problem until the twelfth day, but it is a precaution not to perform these acts in the night.

Article 317 It is obligatory to perform shaving or shortening of the hair of the head before Tawaf of Hajj, and if a pilgrim performs Tawaf of Hajj before Taqsir deliberately, then he/she should perform Tawaf after Taqsir again and pay the atonement of one sheep; but if he/she has performed Tawaf before Taqsir because of ignorance or forgetfulness then it is has no atonement, but it is obligatory precaution for him/her to perform Tawaf after Taqsir again.