What is the ruling on cutting the hair on the sides of the head and leaving the top long?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on cutting the hair on the sides of the head and leaving the top long? Does this fall under the shortening that is prohibited, such as qaza' (shaving patches from the head)?
Answer:
This is qaza' (shaving patches from the head), cutting part of the head or shaving part of the head, leaving some of it; this is the qaza' (shaving patches from the head) that is prohibited. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on cutting the hair on the sides of the head and leaving the top long? Does this fall under the shortening that is prohibited, such as qaza' (shaving patches from the head)?
Answer:
This is qaza' (shaving patches from the head), cutting part of the head or shaving part of the head, leaving some of it; this is the qaza' (shaving patches from the head) that is prohibited. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [288 -582] ما حكم قص شعر الرأس من الجوانب وترك أعلا طويلا؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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