What is the ruling on a woman cutting her hair?

Question : The questioner asks: What is your opinion regarding some women cutting the front of their hair in the name of adornment, which they call the "qiblah"?

Answer : Yes. Save me. Well, mentioned. The Hanbali jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) held that it is disliked (makruh) for a woman to cut any of the hair on her head except in Hajj or 'Umrah, but they did not cite evidence for this. Some Hanbali jurists also forbade a woman from cutting any of her hair except in Hajj or 'Umrah, but I do not know of any evidence for their position. In my view, the stronger position is that if she cuts it in a way that leads to resembling men or resembling polytheist women, then it is not permissible. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the women who resemble men, and he said, "Whoever imitates a people is one of them." And although I say it is permissible, I do not like it, I do not approve of it, and I do not think that a woman, or anyone else, should be infatuated with every new thing that comes to us. Because if we become infatuated with every new thing and follow every custom of others that comes to us, it will lead us to imitate them, until perhaps we imitate them in their misguidance in morals, beliefs, and ideas. Therefore, a person should preserve what his people were upon, unless it contradicts the Shari'ah.