What is the ruling on women having their hair styled?
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The questioner : They are asking about the process of styling women's hair; what is its ruling?
The Shaykh : The process?
The questioner : Styling women's hair.
The Shaykh : Styling, first: if this styling is done by the woman specialized in it, what do they call it? What do they call it?
The questioner : "A hairdresser."
The Shaykh : "A hairdresser," so this is, of course, not permissible because it involves assisting in what is not permissible for a woman to take a place where women adorn themselves with adornments, much of which— we do not say all of it, but most of it—contradicts the Shari'ah. So if that is done in her home, and ... by her hand, or, for example, by her mother or her sister.
Another questioner : And her husband [everyone laughs!].
The Shaykh : So in that case, we can say it is permissible, provided that there is also nothing that the Shari'ah forbids, such as putting certain substances on the hair to make it firm and standing, such that if she is among those who pray and wipes over her head, and in my opinion, if she wipes over her head, she would ruin her hair. Therefore, I believe that the women who do this are either those who are negligent in prayer or those who do not care about the validity of the prayer in the manner required by the Shari'ah. If there is something like oils or dye or special water that makes the hair, as we said, standing and rigid, such that the wiping does not touch the hair because that thing which has rigidified the hair stands between the water and the hair, then if the styling is by combing and with some of these ... I do not know what to call them?
The questioner : Rollers.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Hair rollers.
The Shaykh : Hair rollers, this is not ... .
The Shaykh : The process?
The questioner : Styling women's hair.
The Shaykh : Styling, first: if this styling is done by the woman specialized in it, what do they call it? What do they call it?
The questioner : "A hairdresser."
The Shaykh : "A hairdresser," so this is, of course, not permissible because it involves assisting in what is not permissible for a woman to take a place where women adorn themselves with adornments, much of which— we do not say all of it, but most of it—contradicts the Shari'ah. So if that is done in her home, and ... by her hand, or, for example, by her mother or her sister.
Another questioner : And her husband [everyone laughs!].
The Shaykh : So in that case, we can say it is permissible, provided that there is also nothing that the Shari'ah forbids, such as putting certain substances on the hair to make it firm and standing, such that if she is among those who pray and wipes over her head, and in my opinion, if she wipes over her head, she would ruin her hair. Therefore, I believe that the women who do this are either those who are negligent in prayer or those who do not care about the validity of the prayer in the manner required by the Shari'ah. If there is something like oils or dye or special water that makes the hair, as we said, standing and rigid, such that the wiping does not touch the hair because that thing which has rigidified the hair stands between the water and the hair, then if the styling is by combing and with some of these ... I do not know what to call them?
The questioner : Rollers.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Hair rollers.
The Shaykh : Hair rollers, this is not ... .
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