What is the ruling on a woman cutting her hair from the front, in what is called the ghurrah or the qasah, which is above the earlobe?

Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. We observe in this recent period the spread of a phenomenon among women, which is that most women cut their hair from the front, and this is called the ghurrah or the qasah, knowing that it is above the earlobe. So what is your guidance regarding this phenomenon? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
This is an unsound phenomenon, the phenomenon of cutting hair from the front or from any direction. The majority of this comes from outside, from outside the country, and it involves imitating the disbelieving women, because most of those who do it either look at some magazines and see pictures of disbelieving women, or they look at the television and what is sometimes shown in it of movies or dramas in which non-Muslim women appear in this appearance. So some Muslim women imitate what they see of that. The result is that if a woman cuts her hair and the intention is beautification, it is not desirable, because beauty lies in keeping her hair, maintaining it, and fixing it. But if the cutting is for a purpose other than adornment, such as if she is sick, or if the hair is thick and she is unable to fix it or unable to afford its maintenance, then there is no harm in lightening the hair in order to reduce the burden and reduce the cost of the hair on her. Yes.