The ruling on gathering a woman’s hair to the back

Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. The questioner, 'Abir from Dammam, asks about the ruling on gathering the hair of the head to the back, not on top of the head. It is known that gathering it on top is forbidden, but I have heard that gathering the hair to the back is also disliked. Please give us the correct ruling on this, may you be rewarded.

Answer:
As for gathering it on top of the head, that is a disfigurement, because it adds bulk and becomes like another head. Therefore, what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned regarding women who are clothed yet naked, with their heads like the sloping humps of camels—meaning camels that have two humps—applies to it. There is no doubt that this is not permissible and is forbidden, because it is the meaning of this hadith in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed that this type of woman will not enter Paradise and will not smell its fragrance. This is a severe warning. And gathering it from the back without raising it on top of the head, this is also not recommended, because it resembles gathering it on top of the head; it gives it another bulk and enlarges the woman’s head. There is no need to gather it from the back. Let it be from the sides. Let the hair from the sides be loose or in braids. Yes.