those whom we have memorized from among the scholars, that the bald person should pass the razor over his head. It is not considered an obligation (22). Abu Hanifah said: It is obligatory; because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "If I command you to do something, perform of it as much as you are able" (23). This is because if he had hair, it would be obligatory upon him to remove it by passing the razor over his head, so when one of these two conditions is impossible, the other remains obligatory. To us, the location for shaving is the hair, so the obligation is dropped in its absence, just as the obligation of washing a limb in ablution (wudu) is dropped if it is missing. Furthermore, it is a passing [of the razor] that if performed while in the state of ihram, would not require a blood sacrifice, so it is not required upon exiting the state of ihram, like passing it over the hair without shaving.

Section: It is recommended for one who has shaved or shortened his hair to trim his fingernails and take from his mustache, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did so. Ibn al-Mundhir said: It is established that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) shaved his head, he trimmed his nails (24), and Ibn 'Umar used to take from his mustache and his nails. 'Ata', Tawus, and al-Shafi'i liked it if one took something from his beard. It is recommended, when shaving, to reach the bone that is at the end of the sideburn (sudgh) from the face. Ibn 'Umar used to say to the barber: "Reach the two bones, separate the head from the beard." 'Ata' used to say: "It is from the Sunnah, when one shaves his head, to reach the two bones."

650 - Issue: He said: "Then everything became lawful for him except women."

In sum, when the pilgrim (muhrim) has thrown the pebbles at the Jamrat al-'Aqabah and then shaved, everything that was forbidden by the state of ihram becomes lawful for him (1), except women. This is the correct view in the school of Ahmad, may Allah have mercy on him, which he specified in the narration of a group, so that which was forbidden to him regarding women—such as sexual intercourse, remains.