A woman asks: What is the ruling on dyeing hair black to look beautiful for my husband, knowing that gray hair appeared in me from a young age, and I heard that whoever dyes his hair black, his prayer is not accepted for forty days?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. This woman asks: What is the ruling on dyeing hair black to look beautiful for my husband, knowing that gray hair appeared in me from a young age, and I heard that whoever dyes his hair black, his prayer is not accepted for forty days. Please give us a ruling, and may you be rewarded.
The Shaykh : Dyeing gray hair black is forbidden, whether it is in the beard or on the head. However, a person may change the gray hair to a color between black and red by mixing henna with indigo. When henna is mixed with indigo, the color becomes brown, between black and red, and this is permissible. But we are often asked about new colors that women have started dyeing with. They say it makes the hair one of ten types of dyes, or more, or less: red, green, white, gray, yes, many types. What are they called?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No.
The student: Meech.
The Shaykh : Yes, they call it Meech. Well, in any case, women are deficient in intellect and religion, and whenever a new fashion rises in the sky, they follow it. But it is obligatory for the sensible men whom Allah the Exalted has made guardians over women, and He said:[An-Nisa 4:34], that they prevent women from following these fashions until the matter becomes easy. Now, sometimes a woman buys a garment from the latest of garments, and then after a week she reads in the Burdah, which they call the Burdah, and it is a magazine with multiple fashions. One of the fashions is permissible to her, and then she says to her husband, "Come, give me money to buy this from this section and that from this section." And if we continue with women in such matters, our houses will be filled with clothes and our money will be exhausted, even if the woman, for example, is studying and has a salary. It is then incumbent upon the husband to prevent her from this behavior, which is considered foolishness. Yes.
The Shaykh : Dyeing gray hair black is forbidden, whether it is in the beard or on the head. However, a person may change the gray hair to a color between black and red by mixing henna with indigo. When henna is mixed with indigo, the color becomes brown, between black and red, and this is permissible. But we are often asked about new colors that women have started dyeing with. They say it makes the hair one of ten types of dyes, or more, or less: red, green, white, gray, yes, many types. What are they called?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No.
The student: Meech.
The Shaykh : Yes, they call it Meech. Well, in any case, women are deficient in intellect and religion, and whenever a new fashion rises in the sky, they follow it. But it is obligatory for the sensible men whom Allah the Exalted has made guardians over women, and He said: