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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on the hairstyles that young men adopt to imitate women

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Question:
He says: A type of haircut has become widespread among young men in the modern era, and they have become creative with them until they resemble women. He says that the barbers, who are found everywhere, play a basic role in luring young men and pushing them to do this. We ask for guidance, advice, and a clarification of the corruption of this matter.

Answer:
Cutting hair, even for girls, is not permissible to cut in a way that imitates disbelieving women and wicked women. It is not permissible even for women, so how about men? This is a matter that is not permissible, and it must be avoided. As for the hair of the head, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded either to leave it all or to shave it all, taking it all. As for taking some of it and leaving some, that is the practice of qaza' (shaving the head in patches).
And in this there is imitation of the Christians. That is, there is a group of Christians called the shammas (clerics) who mess with the hair on their heads, shaving some of it or cutting some of it and leaving some of it. So this is a matter that is not permissible, neither for men nor for women. And for men, the matter is more severe. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-088-مفهود العبادة في الإسلام|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:18:23)

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