The ruling on unbraiding a woman’s hair for the full ritual bath
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The questioner:
If it is obligatory for a woman to unbraid her hair for the full ritual bath.
The Shaykh:
In the case of irregular non-menstrual bleeding during menstruation, as for major ritual impurity, no, she does not unbraid it. She passes water over it, and that is sufficient. She passes water over it three times, and that is sufficient.
The questioner:
If she braids her hair before the full ritual bath so that she does not have to unbraid it.
The Shaykh:
The point is that the man did not order her to unbraid it. The prayer of Umm Salimah: I have a long braid, so do I unbraid it for the full ritual bath of major ritual impurity? He said, “It is sufficient for you to pass water over it, so do not unbraid it.”
The questioner:
It is her hair, it is not braids at all, O Shaykh. She wanted to braid it so that it would not get wet with water. Is it permissible for her?
The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with it.
If it is obligatory for a woman to unbraid her hair for the full ritual bath.
The Shaykh:
In the case of irregular non-menstrual bleeding during menstruation, as for major ritual impurity, no, she does not unbraid it. She passes water over it, and that is sufficient. She passes water over it three times, and that is sufficient.
The questioner:
If she braids her hair before the full ritual bath so that she does not have to unbraid it.
The Shaykh:
The point is that the man did not order her to unbraid it. The prayer of Umm Salimah: I have a long braid, so do I unbraid it for the full ritual bath of major ritual impurity? He said, “It is sufficient for you to pass water over it, so do not unbraid it.”
The questioner:
It is her hair, it is not braids at all, O Shaykh. She wanted to braid it so that it would not get wet with water. Is it permissible for her?
The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with it.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، كتاب القضاء — islamhouse.com (10:24)
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