Taqsir (cutting the hair and nails) and Performance of Hajj Rites by Female Pilgrims on the Night of Eid al-Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice)

The famous Imamia jurists believe that performing Taqsir (cutting the hair and nails) and the rites of Mecca on the night of Eid al-Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice) is permissible for female pilgrims who fear from menstruation. Most of the earlier and later jurists have not dealt with the precept of other women and the permission or impermissibility of night Taqsir and then their performance of Mecca rites on the night of Eid al-Adha. It is understood from the above said fatwa that premature Taqsir and performing the rites of Mecca are restricted to the excused women. Some contemporary jurists have also clarified or at least been cautious about this matter and some other contemporary jurists maintain that it is understood from narrations that female pilgrims whose duty is to sacrifice are allowed, after appointing an agent for performing the sacrifice on the day of Eid, to perform Taqsir at night and to go to Masjid al-Haram to perform the rites of Mecca at night.The results of this research, which has been done through documentary and library and content-analyzing method, show that the narrations, as the main religious proof of this precept, clearly signify the latter opinion and reliable proofs indicating impermissibility are not strong enough.