Is it permissible for a man to cut his own hair when exiting ihraam following ‘umrah? Does that also apply to women?.


Praise be to Allaah.

It is permissible for the
pilgrim, man or woman, who is doing Hajj or ‘Umrah to cut his or her own
hair when exiting ihraam following Hajj or ‘Umrah, and it is also
permissible for him or her to cut the hair of another person who wants to
exit ihraam. 

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may
Allaah have mercy on him) said: he may shave his own head, or he may ask
someone else to do it, which is different from the view of some scholars who
said that if he shaves his own head he is doing something that he should not
do. We say that he is not doing something that he should not do, rather he
is shaving his head as part of the ritual. 

End quote from al-Sharh
al-Mumti’ (7/328). 

And he (may Allaah have
mercy on him) was asked: If a woman cuts her own hair, does she owe any
penalty? 

He replied: No. If a woman
cuts her own hair, or a man shaves his own head, or he has it shaved by
someone who is in ihraam, or by someone who is not in ihraam, all of that is
permissible. End quote from Liqa’ al-Baab il-Maftooh (224/42). 

And Allaah knows best.