The ruling on a woman’s slanted parting?

Question:
May Allah bless you. The questioner, Umm al-Fayyadh from Dammam, asks: Is it forbidden for a woman to part her hair in a slanted manner, meaning she divides her hair into two sections, one of which is larger than the other? Is arranging the hair in this way forbidden? And does this fall under the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding “women who are inclined and incline others”? I ask for guidance on this.

Answer:
It is feared that this falls under the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding “women who are inclined and incline others,” because some scholars interpreted the hadith in that sense, referring to the one who parts her hair in a slanted manner. It is feared that this act is what is intended by the hadith. Therefore, the woman should avoid this and avoid anything that involves imitating the disbelieving women, or anything that involves fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), or anything that contradicts what the Muslims are upon. It is obligatory for the woman to fear Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), to avoid imitating the disbelieving women, and to avoid fitnah in her hair, her clothing, her gait, and in everything from which fitnah is feared. Yes.