Halq (shaving and cutting hair)

الحلق

Halq lexically is removing hair, and also names the throat; istihdad is shaving the pubic area and naf't is plucking hair at its roots. ^{1 2} For Hanafis the sunna for a man's head is parting or shaving; for the Malikis shaving the head is a permitted innovation outside the state of ihram; for the Shafiis there is no harm in it for cleanliness; Ahmad has two reports on its dislike. ^{2 3} Shaving part of the head (qaza') is disliked; a woman may not shave her head except out of necessity among the Hanafis and Malikis. ³ Most jurists recommend shaving a newborn's head on the seventh day and giving the weight of the hair in silver in alms; the Hanbalis do not shave a girl's hair. ^{3 4} For the Hanafis shaving the moustache is a sunna; for the Malikis it is trimmed not shaved; for the Shafiis shaving it is disliked; for the Hanbalis trimming or clipping its edge is sunna; shaving the beard is forbidden. ^{4 5} A person in ihram may not shave his own head or another's until both have finished the rite. ⁵ Shaving or cutting the hair to leave ihram is a rite for the Hanafis, Malikis, the more authoritative Shafii view and the Hanbali school, and a mere release from a prohibition for some Shafiis and Ahmad in one report. ⁵ Shaving the whole head suffices by agreement; the Hanafis accept a quarter of the head with dislike; the Shafiis accept three hairs; the Malikis and Hanbalis reject shaving part of the head. ⁶ A woman cuts rather than shaves for leaving ihram. ^{5 6} Shaving the pubic hair is recommended for men as part of the natural practice, and shaving the armpit is permitted for one who finds plucking hard. ⁷ Most jurists recommend shaving a convert's head; the Hanafis and Hanbalis forbid shaving a dead person's head, the Malikis dislike it, and the Shafiis in the sounder view do not shave it. ^{8 9} The word also names the throat, to which rules on fasting and suckling attach. ⁹ The entry closes at the next headword, halla (حلّ), on p.7270.