Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen was asked:

Question:

“Does shortening some of the hair and not other parts enter into the Qaza’ which is prohibited?”

Answer:

“No, verily Qaza’ is shaving some of the head and not other parts”. End translation. [Kanz uth-Thameen Fi Su’alaat Ibn Sunayd no. 716 pg. 166]

Translator’s Note:

The Shaikh’s fatwa above should be understood to mean that which does not enter into imitating the disbelievers since the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

من تشبه بقوم فهو منهم

He who imitates any people (in their actions) is considered to be one of them

[Saheeh Sunan Abi Dawood no. 4031]

Translated by

Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan