What is meant by “combing the hair every other day”?
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The questioner : What is meant by “combing the hair every other day”?
The Shaykh : One day after another.
The questioner : That is, combing the hair one day after another.
The Shaykh : Yes, the intention, as we said, is to eliminate extravagance. A person is not always in a position to indulge in luxury. How does the noble verse say?[Az-Zukhruf 43:18] Yes, a man should not be like women, raised in luxury and pampered, having to be this way and that way.
Women themselves have their own pampering and luxury. The wise Lawgiver distinguished them from men without a doubt, so He permitted them silk and gold within limits, as many of you know, excluding the gold of the pure kind and the like of what is forbidden for men. However, it is not permissible for them to be excessive, letting their minds run wild over the hair on their forehead, the hair on their cheeks, or thick eyebrows like those of a woman, requiring them to be thinned, and so on. This is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): So, combing the hair every other day is a Prophetic upbringing for women to stay within the limits of the Shari'ah regarding luxury and not to exaggerate in it. This is the intention.
The questioner : Even if it takes some time, meaning just... she is not putting anything on. For example, if she just arranges her hair in a moment... with this appearance, meaning her hair is...?
The Shaykh : Does she perform wudu or not?
The questioner : She performs wudu.
The Shaykh : She arranges her hair as she wishes, but she does not comb it except one day and then the next.
The Shaykh : One day after another.
The questioner : That is, combing the hair one day after another.
The Shaykh : Yes, the intention, as we said, is to eliminate extravagance. A person is not always in a position to indulge in luxury. How does the noble verse say?
So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident [attributed to Allah]?
أفمن ينشأ في الحيلة وهو في الخصام غير مبينWomen themselves have their own pampering and luxury. The wise Lawgiver distinguished them from men without a doubt, so He permitted them silk and gold within limits, as many of you know, excluding the gold of the pure kind and the like of what is forbidden for men. However, it is not permissible for them to be excessive, letting their minds run wild over the hair on their forehead, the hair on their cheeks, or thick eyebrows like those of a woman, requiring them to be thinned, and so on. This is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
May Allah curse the women who pluck their eyebrows and those who have them plucked.
لعن الله الناصمات والمتنصماتThe questioner : Even if it takes some time, meaning just... she is not putting anything on. For example, if she just arranges her hair in a moment... with this appearance, meaning her hair is...?
The Shaykh : Does she perform wudu or not?
The questioner : She performs wudu.
The Shaykh : She arranges her hair as she wishes, but she does not comb it except one day and then the next.
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