The Ruling on a Woman Shaving or Cutting Her Hair in the Manner of Men

Question:
The questioner: There is a question about cutting hair and shaving it during a woman's menstrual period. Is it permissible or not? He wants to cut the hair on the head; I do not know how it is intended. Cutting the hair on the head and shaving it as well, shaving it.

Answer:
The Shaykh: It is forbidden without a doubt. One does not know that she should shave her head except for treatment of the pelvic region or something else, except for a treatment that necessitates shaving it or shaving part of it, where the treatment depends on that. This is a dire necessity. As for shaving it for other than treatment, it is forbidden. The woman is commanded, when exiting the state of ihram from Hajj or 'Umrah, to take from her head the amount of a finger's width. And any shaving in the case of men is better than shortening, but the woman is restricted to shortening. This indicates that shaving is permissible. Likewise, cutting it in a way that resembles a man's head is forbidden in the first place, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the women who imitate men and the men who imitate women. So if she cuts it in a shape that resembles a man's head, this is severely forbidden, and the one who does it is one who imitates men. As for cutting it to less than that, cutting it to the length that reaches the shoulders, if this is for a need, such as if she is blind and cannot fix it and it is difficult for her, then there is no harm in lightening it for a need, as 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) did with the hair of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) after his death. But if it is merely for adornment, imitation, and imitating the disbelieving women, then it is not permissible, because the beauty of a woman is in her tresses and in the keeping of her hair. Good. Yes.