Shaving part of the head, its definition and ruling Q. What is the ruling of AlQuza’? (Shaving part of the head) A. AlQuza’ is the shaving of part of the head and leaving part, and it is of different types: The first type: Part of the head is shaved in no particular pattern, for example, part of the right side, the forelock and the left side is shaved. The second type: The middle is shaved and the two sides are left. The third type: The sides are shaved and the middle is left. Ibn alQayyim, may Allaah have mercy upon him, said: “…as is practiced by the lowly.” The fourth type: The forelock is shaved and the rest is left. All these types are hated because the Prophet (saw) saw a child with part of his head shaved, so he (saw) ordered that all his head be shaved or all of it left. If part of the head is shaved in emulation of the disbelievers, it then becomes forbidden, because to resemble the disbelievers is forbidden. The Prophet (saw) has said: “Whoever imitates a people he is surely of them.” Sheikh Ibn Uthaimeen [Majmu’ Fataawa ashSheikh: atTahaara: 4/118]
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