Caring for the hair of the head and combing it
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The questioner:
And the Shaykh’s vision is the confirmation of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding a poet, that it not be from the category of hostility in the singing itself, and that it not be a seeking of
The Shaykh:
From the category of what?
The questioner:
The guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding his hair, that it not be from the category of this.
The Shaykh:
No, this is from the category of the Sunnah, because cleaning and beautifying the hair of the head is a recommended practice, for Allah is beautiful and loves beauty. As for leaving the head dirty or disheveled, that is from the category of disfigurement and is disliked. Lengthening it in the manner reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is a recommended practice, and lengthening it in the manner of following the disbelievers is forbidden, because it is imitating the disbelievers. So the one who grows the hair of his head, if he is following the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), this is recommended. But if he is growing it in the manner of the disbelievers, in the manner of what the disbelievers are doing now, this is forbidden, because it is imitating the disbelievers. For this reason, Imam Ahmad says that letting the hair of the head grow or nurturing the hair of the head is a recommended practice. If we were able to do it, we would do it. If we were able to do it, we would do it, but it has a cost and hardship. So the one who endures the cost and hardship and tends to his head, organizes it, combs it, and parts it in the middle, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did, he does this. But a person who just lets it be a flying mess, or leaves it in the shape seen in newspapers and magazines, or in the shape of what the disbelievers do, this is not permissible; it is forbidden.
And the Shaykh’s vision is the confirmation of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding a poet, that it not be from the category of hostility in the singing itself, and that it not be a seeking of
The Shaykh:
From the category of what?
The questioner:
The guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding his hair, that it not be from the category of this.
The Shaykh:
No, this is from the category of the Sunnah, because cleaning and beautifying the hair of the head is a recommended practice, for Allah is beautiful and loves beauty. As for leaving the head dirty or disheveled, that is from the category of disfigurement and is disliked. Lengthening it in the manner reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is a recommended practice, and lengthening it in the manner of following the disbelievers is forbidden, because it is imitating the disbelievers. So the one who grows the hair of his head, if he is following the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), this is recommended. But if he is growing it in the manner of the disbelievers, in the manner of what the disbelievers are doing now, this is forbidden, because it is imitating the disbelievers. For this reason, Imam Ahmad says that letting the hair of the head grow or nurturing the hair of the head is a recommended practice. If we were able to do it, we would do it. If we were able to do it, we would do it, but it has a cost and hardship. So the one who endures the cost and hardship and tends to his head, organizes it, combs it, and parts it in the middle, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did, he does this. But a person who just lets it be a flying mess, or leaves it in the shape seen in newspapers and magazines, or in the shape of what the disbelievers do, this is not permissible; it is forbidden.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الوضوء - 4 — islamhouse.com (1:13:11)
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