Wearing a wig for a woman whose hair has fallen out due to illness
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: I am a woman who was afflicted with an illness, and because of it my hair fell out, so there is not a single hair left on my head. Her question is: Is it permissible for me to wear a borrowed wig to cover this deformity on my head?
Answer:
Be patient, cover your head with a khimar, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: I am a woman who was afflicted with an illness, and because of it my hair fell out, so there is not a single hair left on my head. Her question is: Is it permissible for me to wear a borrowed wig to cover this deformity on my head?
Answer:
Be patient, cover your head with a khimar, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب العاشر في علامات مرض القلب وصحته — islamhouse.com (1:08:13)
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