The Case of Drawing Blood, Cutting Nails or Hair while in the Sate of al-’ Ihram

2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Ali from Muthanna’ ibn ‘Abd al-Salam from Zurarah who has said the following: “Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, has said, ‘One in the state of Ihram, must not use cupping (draw blood from one’s body) unless one fears for his life and that one cannot perform Salat (prayer).”’

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, about a man who is in the state of Ihram and his nails grow tall or break and it annoys him. He (the Imam) said, ‘He must not cut anything if he can; but if it upsets him, he can cut them and for every nail he must feed a handful of (one meal) food.’”

4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad from Hariz from those who narrated to him who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja‘far عليه السلام, about a man who in the state of Ihram cuts his nails. He (the Imam) said, ‘He must give one handfuls (one meal) of food as charity, two handfuls of food for cutting two nails, three handful of food for cutting three nails, four handfuls of food for cutting four nails, and one animal to be slaughtered as offering for cutting five nails. If one cuts ten or more nails he is required to offer only one animal as offering.’”

5. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama‘ah from Ali ibn al-Hassan ibn Ribat from Hashim ibn al- Muthanna’ from abu Basir who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said, ‘If one in the state of Ihram cuts the nails of all of his fingers and toes in one place he must pay one animal as offering, but if he cuts them in two places, he must offer two animals to be slaughtered.’”

6. Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan عليه السلام, about a man who forgets to cut his nails before assuming the state of Ihram. He (the Imam) said, ‘He must leave them as they are.’ I then said, ‘A man from our people gave a Fatwa to cut his nails and assume the state of Ihram again and he did accordingly.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘He owes one animal as offering to be slaughtered.’”

7. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said, ‘One in the state of Ihram must not cut any hair of al- Hallal (one who is not in the state of Ihram).”’

8. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from and Sahl ibn Ziyad all from ibn Mahbub from ibn Ri’ab from Zurarah who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far عليه السلام, has said, ‘Whoever in the state of Ihram pulls out hairs of his underarms or shaves his head because of forgetfulness or ignorance, there is nothing on him; but if one does so knowingly, he must pay one animal as offering to be slaughtered.’”

9. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘ Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabiy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said, ‘If one in the state of Ihram pulls out a hair from his beard or from other parts of his body, he must feed one destitute person in his hand (with one meal).”’

10. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal from al-Mufaddal ibn Salih from Layth al-Muradiy who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, about a man who holds his beard, while in the state of Ihram, and plays with it and a few hairs come off in his hand, by mistake or knowingly. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not harmful.’”

11. Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id has narrated from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from Hisham ibn Salim who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said, ‘If one in the state of Ihram places his hand on his head or beard and hairs come off, he must pay two handful of Ka‘k or sawiq (cake or roasted floor).”’