Is changing the color of hair with the chemical dyes found in the markets forbidden for women?
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The questioner : Is changing the color of hair with the chemical dyes found in the markets forbidden?
The Shaykh : As for changing white hair to black, this is not permissible, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded avoiding it, and a hadith was reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) containing a warning against one who dyes his gray hair black.
As for changing the hair to other colors, there is nothing wrong with it, because the original ruling is permissibility until evidence comes to prohibit it, except if this involves imitating the women of the disbelievers, in which case it is not permissible, because imitating the disbelievers is forbidden, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Abi Dawud 4031Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani) Then, she mentioned in her question that they are chemical.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Based on this, it is obligatory to consult doctors regarding whether these dyes affect the hair of the head and its skin with harm, for it is not permissible to use them if this is established. Yes.
The questioner : The female listener, A. A. D., says in her second question.
The Shaykh : As for changing white hair to black, this is not permissible, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded avoiding it, and a hadith was reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) containing a warning against one who dyes his gray hair black.
As for changing the hair to other colors, there is nothing wrong with it, because the original ruling is permissibility until evidence comes to prohibit it, except if this involves imitating the women of the disbelievers, in which case it is not permissible, because imitating the disbelievers is forbidden, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
He who copies any people is one of them.
من تشبه بقوم فهو منهمThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Based on this, it is obligatory to consult doctors regarding whether these dyes affect the hair of the head and its skin with harm, for it is not permissible to use them if this is established. Yes.
The questioner : The female listener, A. A. D., says in her second question.