Linen or Kutm: What is the ruling on its use by women and men, especially if it becomes black in color?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Linen or kutn, as some people call it. Shaykh Salih, what is the ruling on its use, especially if it becomes black in color? Is it permissible for women? Is it permissible for men to use it? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
You are asking about linen or kutm?
The questioner:
Some people call it kutm and some people call it kutm. I do not know if it is...
The Shaykh:
A type of linen, a type of woven fabric and clothing.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
As for kutm, it is a type of dye, and there is no harm in using kutm; because its blackness is not pure, so it is permissible to dye white hair with it.
The questioner:
For women and men.
The Shaykh:
For women and men. The truth of the matter.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. If this thing called kutm, as the presenter Sadiq named it, is permissible to use, and it is not required to be mixed with henna as some people have called for?
The Shaykh:
It is mixed with henna only if it is pure black and one intends to change it from the pure black color to a color that leans toward red. In that case, it is mixed with henna. But if its base is not pure black, it is used without mixing.
The questioner:
If it remains without mixing with another substance, it is pure black, O Shaykh Salih.
The Shaykh:
Kutm is not pure black, according to what we have heard, according to the transmission, that it is not pure black, and that it is permissible. But if it happens to be pure black, or if there are types that differ, then pure black is not permissible to dye white hair with, due to the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): "Keep away from the black."
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah do you good.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Linen or kutn, as some people call it. Shaykh Salih, what is the ruling on its use, especially if it becomes black in color? Is it permissible for women? Is it permissible for men to use it? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
You are asking about linen or kutm?
The questioner:
Some people call it kutm and some people call it kutm. I do not know if it is...
The Shaykh:
A type of linen, a type of woven fabric and clothing.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
As for kutm, it is a type of dye, and there is no harm in using kutm; because its blackness is not pure, so it is permissible to dye white hair with it.
The questioner:
For women and men.
The Shaykh:
For women and men. The truth of the matter.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. If this thing called kutm, as the presenter Sadiq named it, is permissible to use, and it is not required to be mixed with henna as some people have called for?
The Shaykh:
It is mixed with henna only if it is pure black and one intends to change it from the pure black color to a color that leans toward red. In that case, it is mixed with henna. But if its base is not pure black, it is used without mixing.
The questioner:
If it remains without mixing with another substance, it is pure black, O Shaykh Salih.
The Shaykh:
Kutm is not pure black, according to what we have heard, according to the transmission, that it is not pure black, and that it is permissible. But if it happens to be pure black, or if there are types that differ, then pure black is not permissible to dye white hair with, due to the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): "Keep away from the black."
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah do you good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، الكتان أو الكتم، ما حكم استعماله للنساء والرجال ولا سيما إذا نعم وأصبح ذا لون أسود؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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