Ruling on cutting hair and tearing garments upon a calamity
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Q152: The questioner says: I have a sister who cut her hair in grief over the death of her son, who died in a car accident. What is the ruling on that?
A152: This is among the actions of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance; they are the ones who strike their cheeks and tear their clothes. So this action resembles the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and it contains despair and dissatisfaction with the divine decree and destiny of Allah. So she should repent to Allah, seek His forgiveness, and not return to something like this.
A152: This is among the actions of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance; they are the ones who strike their cheeks and tear their clothes. So this action resembles the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and it contains despair and dissatisfaction with the divine decree and destiny of Allah. So she should repent to Allah, seek His forgiveness, and not return to something like this.
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