The ruling on letting the hair on the head grow, and is it a recommended practice?

The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it permissible to let the hair on the head grow completely, and is it a recommended practice?

The Shaykh:
It is permissible. Letting the hair on the head grow is permissible, except if it is in the manner of the disbelievers, in the manner of the heads of the disbelievers. That is imitating the disbelievers and is not permissible. But if he lets it grow and does not imitate the disbelievers in that, it is permissible. If he wishes, he shaves it; if he wishes, he leaves it.

The questioner:
He says, may Allah keep you safe, in the rest of his question: Is it a recommended practice or imitating the disbelievers in the remaining rules?

The Shaykh:
It is permissible. Letting the hair on the head grow is permissible, but he should not make it in the shape of the heads of the disbelievers. Yes.