Is lengthening the hair, wearing a ring, and cupping a recommended practice (sunnah)?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: Is lengthening the hair with care for it, wearing a ring, and cupping a recommended practice (sunnah) because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did them? Cupping is not a recommended practice; it is a permissible thing. Cupping is a treatment, a cure. If you need it, it is a permissible treatment, and it is not called a recommended practice.
Answer:
As for growing the hair in the manner in which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did it, that is a recommended practice (sunnah). In the manner in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did it, it is a recommended practice (sunnah).
And Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) says that growing the hair is a recommended practice (sunnah). He says: If we could manage it, we would grow it. If we could manage to fix it and maintain it, we would grow it.
So it is a recommended practice (sunnah). And the ring is permissible, not a recommended practice (sunnah). It is permissible if you need to wear it, because clothing is permissible. It is not said to be a recommended practice (sunnah). It is not said that it is permissible for you to wear a bisht, or that it is a recommended practice (sunnah) for you to wear a bisht, or that it is a recommended practice (sunnah) for you to wear an izar and a rida. These clothes are among the permissible matters. They differ according to the differences in societies. They differ according to the differences in societies and customs that do not go against the Shari'ah. And among them is the ring. Wearing the ring is among the permissible things. And if you need it, you wear it. Yes.
Wearing the turban is also among the permissible things, not a recommended practice (sunnah) as some people say. It is among the permissible things. If you wish, you wear a turban, you wear a shemagh, you wear a ghutrah. This is among the permissible things. There is nothing in it that is a recommended practice (sunnah).
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: Is lengthening the hair with care for it, wearing a ring, and cupping a recommended practice (sunnah) because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did them? Cupping is not a recommended practice; it is a permissible thing. Cupping is a treatment, a cure. If you need it, it is a permissible treatment, and it is not called a recommended practice.
Answer:
As for growing the hair in the manner in which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did it, that is a recommended practice (sunnah). In the manner in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did it, it is a recommended practice (sunnah).
And Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) says that growing the hair is a recommended practice (sunnah). He says: If we could manage it, we would grow it. If we could manage to fix it and maintain it, we would grow it.
So it is a recommended practice (sunnah). And the ring is permissible, not a recommended practice (sunnah). It is permissible if you need to wear it, because clothing is permissible. It is not said to be a recommended practice (sunnah). It is not said that it is permissible for you to wear a bisht, or that it is a recommended practice (sunnah) for you to wear a bisht, or that it is a recommended practice (sunnah) for you to wear an izar and a rida. These clothes are among the permissible matters. They differ according to the differences in societies. They differ according to the differences in societies and customs that do not go against the Shari'ah. And among them is the ring. Wearing the ring is among the permissible things. And if you need it, you wear it. Yes.
Wearing the turban is also among the permissible things, not a recommended practice (sunnah) as some people say. It is among the permissible things. If you wish, you wear a turban, you wear a shemagh, you wear a ghutrah. This is among the permissible things. There is nothing in it that is a recommended practice (sunnah).
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل تطويل ولبس الخاتم والحجامة سُنَّة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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