The questioner says: I heard that some people say that prayer is not permissible except with henna. Is this correct?
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The questioner : I heard that some people say that prayer is not permissible except with henna. Is this correct? And they say that if a person dies and there is no henna on their hands, they will not be prayed over because their hands have become like those of men. Please inform us?
The Shaykh : The answer is that this is not correct.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. This is not correct. Henna is not among the obligatory matters, nor among the mandatory matters, to the extent that it reaches this degree. If a woman does not use henna, it is not said that she has made a mistake or committed a sin. Likewise, it is not said that if she dies, she will not be prayed over, or that her prayer will not be accepted. Rather, this is something that the common people fabricate from their own mouths, or from people they think are scholars but are not scholars. Yes.
The questioner : The second question.
The Shaykh : The answer is that this is not correct.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. This is not correct. Henna is not among the obligatory matters, nor among the mandatory matters, to the extent that it reaches this degree. If a woman does not use henna, it is not said that she has made a mistake or committed a sin. Likewise, it is not said that if she dies, she will not be prayed over, or that her prayer will not be accepted. Rather, this is something that the common people fabricate from their own mouths, or from people they think are scholars but are not scholars. Yes.
The questioner : The second question.