Some women say that cutting hair is not permissible for a woman, while others say it is permissible to cut it without imitating men?
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Question:
Some women say that cutting hair is not permissible for a woman, and others say it is permissible to cut it without imitating men. So what is your guidance? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, Allah the Exalted has made the hair of a woman’s head a beauty for her, and she should preserve it, maintain it, and care for it, because it beautifies her. For this reason, she is not required to cut her hair when exiting the state of ihram from Hajj or 'Umrah; she is not required to cut anything except the length of a finger from the tips of the braids or the tips of the hair. Meanwhile, it is recommended for a man to shave his head; shaving is better for a man than cutting. As for the woman, shaving is not permissible for her; it is forbidden for her. She is commanded to take the length of a finger from the tips of the hair, no matter how long the hair grows or how abundant it is. This indicates that it is required of the woman to preserve her hair and maintain it, because it is her beauty. As for what many women of this era are afflicted with, this new fashion that has come to us of cutting hair in various shapes, this is not among the etiquettes of Muslim women. Rather, it is imitating the disbelieving women or the sinful women, and it is a waste of the hair that Allah made a beauty for her, and a tampering with it. Allah knows best. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Some women say that cutting hair is not permissible for a woman, and others say it is permissible to cut it without imitating men. So what is your guidance? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, Allah the Exalted has made the hair of a woman’s head a beauty for her, and she should preserve it, maintain it, and care for it, because it beautifies her. For this reason, she is not required to cut her hair when exiting the state of ihram from Hajj or 'Umrah; she is not required to cut anything except the length of a finger from the tips of the braids or the tips of the hair. Meanwhile, it is recommended for a man to shave his head; shaving is better for a man than cutting. As for the woman, shaving is not permissible for her; it is forbidden for her. She is commanded to take the length of a finger from the tips of the hair, no matter how long the hair grows or how abundant it is. This indicates that it is required of the woman to preserve her hair and maintain it, because it is her beauty. As for what many women of this era are afflicted with, this new fashion that has come to us of cutting hair in various shapes, this is not among the etiquettes of Muslim women. Rather, it is imitating the disbelieving women or the sinful women, and it is a waste of the hair that Allah made a beauty for her, and a tampering with it. Allah knows best. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، بعض النساء يقلن بأن قص الشعر لا يجوز للمرأة والبعض يقول يجوز أن نقسمه بدون أن نتشبه بالرجال؟ الفوزان — youtube.com
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