The ruling on a woman cutting her hair from the front

Question:
Umm Ma'adh asks a number of questions, one of which is: What is the ruling on a woman cutting her hair from the front to adorn herself for her husband, which is known as a fringe, and the cutting is not in a way that resembles the disbelieving women? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
A woman cutting the hair of her head requires a distinction. If it is for a need, such as the hair being heavy and long, and she is unable to manage its arrangement and care, then there is no harm in lightening it, as the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), or some of the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), did after his passing. However, if the cutting is not for a need, but rather for adornment, then it is not permissible; because the adornment lies in its remaining, whereas cutting it is disfiguring and removes the beauty of the woman. This was not known until the new fashions came, and the blind imitation of foreign women, and what they see in fashion magazines and style magazines, or what they see in television series, so they began to imitate these women. Cutting it without a need is, first, a removal of the woman's beauty; second, it is not free from imitation; and third, it also has a resemblance to the qaza' (shaving part of the head) which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade. Qaza' is taking some of the hair from the head and leaving the rest.