The ruling on dyeing white hair black

Question:
He asks: What is the ruling on dyeing white hair black?

Answer:
It is not permissible to dye white hair black; it is forbidden, and severely forbidden at that. This is based on the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and in another hadith This is a severe warning. What would lead a person to dye his hair black, except that Satan makes this action attractive to him? Otherwise, it does not benefit him; rather, it disfigures his face. It disfigures his face. You see how the faces of those who dye their hair black become disfigured, and how the white hair grows out, resulting in disfigurement, as the poet said: "The top turns black, but the roots refuse; and there is no good in a branch if the root is corrupt." Praise be to Allah. Either one leaves the white hair as it is, or if he changes it, that is the sunnah (recommended practice) and the mustahabb (recommended), but not with black. He will never become young again; it does not benefit him. What has gone is not coming back. The poet says: "Would that youth would return for a day, so I could tell it what the graying has done." He wished that youth would return for one day, but it is not coming back. So this is futile and is Satan’s adornment for the human being. Therefore, the Muslim should avoid what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade. Yes.

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