Wearing a wig for a woman whose hair has fallen out
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a woman is afflicted with a disease of the head that causes her hair to fall out, leaving her bald, is it permissible for her to wear a wig, knowing that she does so not for the sake of adornment, but to conceal the defect, and she is married?
The Shaykh:
By Allah, this is a problem. Our Shaykh, Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him), holds that this is from the category of adding hair (wasl); wearing a wig is wasl.
The presenter:
And it has its reckoning.
The Shaykh:
In this matter. So she should cover her head with a khimar, and no one should know that she has no hair. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a woman is afflicted with a disease of the head that causes her hair to fall out, leaving her bald, is it permissible for her to wear a wig, knowing that she does so not for the sake of adornment, but to conceal the defect, and she is married?
The Shaykh:
By Allah, this is a problem. Our Shaykh, Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him), holds that this is from the category of adding hair (wasl); wearing a wig is wasl.
The presenter:
And it has its reckoning.
The Shaykh:
In this matter. So she should cover her head with a khimar, and no one should know that she has no hair. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/132 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:13:00)
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