The ruling on a woman cutting her hair, whether it involves imitating disbelieving women or is intended for adornment
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The sender, Faa Noon, sent a number of questions. In the first, she asks: What is the ruling on a woman cutting her hair from the front if she does not intend to imitate disbelieving women? And what is the ruling on wearing heels that make a sound?
The Shaykh:
A woman cutting her hair is a form of frivolity and playing with her hair, and it involves imitating the disbelievers. Even if someone says that this does not involve imitation, this practice was not known or established in Muslim societies except through the blind imitation of disbelievers or women who do not care about their religion or their dignity. Therefore, a woman is required to keep her hair and maintain it, because that is part of her beauty and adornment. Yes.
The questioner:
Shaykh, this question often comes up regarding some form of imitation, and the questioner says, "I do not intend to imitate." Is there a word on this, regarding the difference between one who imitates, for example, in appearance and claims that he did not intend to imitate?
The Shaykh:
An act that is not permissible is not permissible to do, whether one intends to imitate or not. A woman cutting her hair for the sake of adornment is among the acts that are not permissible, because the adornment lies in keeping it and maintaining it. It is only permissible for a woman to cut her hair out of necessity, if it is for the sake of necessity, such as if it is heavy for her, or if she is poor and cannot afford what is needed to maintain it. In that case, she cuts it to lighten the burden and reduce the expense, and there is nothing wrong with that, as the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did after his death. As for cutting it for adornment, that is the opposite; the adornment is in keeping it, maintaining it, and working to improve it with a comb and brush, and other things that fix and beautify the hair. Yes. No, not in two cuts.
The presenter:
There is a group who were not given [vision] from their eyes, but from their hearts. They have come to see the adornment in cutting it, not in keeping it, as you say.
The Shaykh:
Because they love the deeds of the disbelievers and the foreign fashions that come, so they do these things in imitation, imitating the disbelievers and acting on these strange things, because Satan makes them attractive to people. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The sender, Faa Noon, sent a number of questions. In the first, she asks: What is the ruling on a woman cutting her hair from the front if she does not intend to imitate disbelieving women? And what is the ruling on wearing heels that make a sound?
The Shaykh:
A woman cutting her hair is a form of frivolity and playing with her hair, and it involves imitating the disbelievers. Even if someone says that this does not involve imitation, this practice was not known or established in Muslim societies except through the blind imitation of disbelievers or women who do not care about their religion or their dignity. Therefore, a woman is required to keep her hair and maintain it, because that is part of her beauty and adornment. Yes.
The questioner:
Shaykh, this question often comes up regarding some form of imitation, and the questioner says, "I do not intend to imitate." Is there a word on this, regarding the difference between one who imitates, for example, in appearance and claims that he did not intend to imitate?
The Shaykh:
An act that is not permissible is not permissible to do, whether one intends to imitate or not. A woman cutting her hair for the sake of adornment is among the acts that are not permissible, because the adornment lies in keeping it and maintaining it. It is only permissible for a woman to cut her hair out of necessity, if it is for the sake of necessity, such as if it is heavy for her, or if she is poor and cannot afford what is needed to maintain it. In that case, she cuts it to lighten the burden and reduce the expense, and there is nothing wrong with that, as the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did after his death. As for cutting it for adornment, that is the opposite; the adornment is in keeping it, maintaining it, and working to improve it with a comb and brush, and other things that fix and beautify the hair. Yes. No, not in two cuts.
The presenter:
There is a group who were not given [vision] from their eyes, but from their hearts. They have come to see the adornment in cutting it, not in keeping it, as you say.
The Shaykh:
Because they love the deeds of the disbelievers and the foreign fashions that come, so they do these things in imitation, imitating the disbelievers and acting on these strange things, because Satan makes them attractive to people. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5371- حكم قص المرأة شعرها سواء كان فيه تشبه بالكافرات أم بقصد الزينة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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