The ruling on a woman with baldness wearing a wig
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, there is a woman suffering from baldness, where there is no hair on her head at all. Is it permissible for such a woman to use false hair, that is, what is called a wig?
Answer:
The one who thinks it is not permissible, because this involves imitating the People of the Book. As Mu'awiyah gave a sermon, it appears he said about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: "Only..." and he pointed to a tuft of hair that his wives wore, of the same kind as a wig. So it is not permissible, neither dyeing the hair nor wearing a wig. Yes, we ask Allah for well-being.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, there is a woman suffering from baldness, where there is no hair on her head at all. Is it permissible for such a woman to use false hair, that is, what is called a wig?
Answer:
The one who thinks it is not permissible, because this involves imitating the People of the Book. As Mu'awiyah gave a sermon, it appears he said about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: "Only...
Those before you perished by having their women wear something like this,
هلك من قبلكم باتخاذ نسائهم مثل هذا،
Source
أسباب الثبات أمام الفتن — islamhouse.com (50:16)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.