Ruling on a woman cutting her head hair for the sake of adornment
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Question:
He says: Is it permissible for a woman to cut her head hair down to her earlobes for the sake of adornment, as some people claim?
Answer:
Adornment lies in keeping the hair on the head, for Allah created hair and tresses as beauty for women, just as He created beards as beauty for men. So she keeps her hair and does not mess with it or cut it, for the beauty is in its remaining, not in its being cut. However, tastes, innate dispositions, imitation, and resembling others may change, and when that happens, people's practices change. But the rule is that a woman's beauty is in keeping her hair and tresses. Therefore, even in the rites of pilgrimage, she was commanded to cut only a finger's width, a finger's width. She does not cut except in the rites, and she does not cut more than a finger's width, which is the joint of the finger. This indicates that it is required of her to preserve her hair and take care of it. Yes.
He says: Is it permissible for a woman to cut her head hair down to her earlobes for the sake of adornment, as some people claim?
Answer:
Adornment lies in keeping the hair on the head, for Allah created hair and tresses as beauty for women, just as He created beards as beauty for men. So she keeps her hair and does not mess with it or cut it, for the beauty is in its remaining, not in its being cut. However, tastes, innate dispositions, imitation, and resembling others may change, and when that happens, people's practices change. But the rule is that a woman's beauty is in keeping her hair and tresses. Therefore, even in the rites of pilgrimage, she was commanded to cut only a finger's width, a finger's width. She does not cut except in the rites, and she does not cut more than a finger's width, which is the joint of the finger. This indicates that it is required of her to preserve her hair and take care of it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-037-الفرق بين التيسير الشرعي والمعاصر|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (43:24)
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