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My sons are not keen on shaving their hair after Umrah.

Q:

Aoa
Insha Allah will be going for Umrah with my sons
However they are not keen on shaving all their hair off after Umrah . Can you advise the correct teachings as reading many different views on it on the internet

Jazakallah Khair
Aqeel

A:

Wa Alaikum al-salam

Thanks for your question

There are differences between Hajj and Umrah in aspects like rituals,  time, rulings.

according to the office Ayatollah Sistani (d) in Umrah it not obligatory to shave the head.

For more info check the following:

https://www.sistani.org/english/book/47/2086/

https://www.sistani.org/english/book/47/2109/

regards

Sheikh Mahdi Mosayyebi