Is it permissible for a woman to cut her head hair if it is falling out?
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The questioner: His EminenceThe Shaykh : Is it permissible for a woman to cut her head hair if it is falling out?
The Shaykh: To cut from her hair if it is falling out, as if the intention is to reduce it so that it does not fall out, or what?
The questioner: In some cases, the hair ... falls out.
Another questioner: Combing, I mean, or not?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: ... There is more behind the veil than what is behind it. The phrasing of the question ... I am saying in "Sahih Muslim": that the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to take from their hair until it was like a tuft. But in reality, I did not understand what is behind the question. Otherwise, if the question were explicit like this, and this happens in these recent days, and I have been in this country more than once: Is it permissible for a woman to cut from her hair or shorten her hair?
Answer: It is permissible and it is not permissible; if the Hanafi ended up with cutting, it is imitating the boys or the disbelieving women or the open sinners, then it is not permissible. But if the cutting is motivated by lightening the hair from what? The abundance of bathing and rubbing and ... .
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: So this is permissible without doubt, ... from the prohibited things because this is a permissible act. If the intention of transgression enters, it invalidates it, and if the intention is permissible, it is permissible. But the question, I did not know what was intended by it?
The Shaykh: To cut from her hair if it is falling out, as if the intention is to reduce it so that it does not fall out, or what?
The questioner: In some cases, the hair ... falls out.
Another questioner: Combing, I mean, or not?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: ... There is more behind the veil than what is behind it. The phrasing of the question ... I am saying in "Sahih Muslim": that the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to take from their hair until it was like a tuft. But in reality, I did not understand what is behind the question. Otherwise, if the question were explicit like this, and this happens in these recent days, and I have been in this country more than once: Is it permissible for a woman to cut from her hair or shorten her hair?
Answer: It is permissible and it is not permissible; if the Hanafi ended up with cutting, it is imitating the boys or the disbelieving women or the open sinners, then it is not permissible. But if the cutting is motivated by lightening the hair from what? The abundance of bathing and rubbing and ... .
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: So this is permissible without doubt, ... from the prohibited things because this is a permissible act. If the intention of transgression enters, it invalidates it, and if the intention is permissible, it is permissible. But the question, I did not know what was intended by it?
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