Is it permissible for a woman to add colors to her hair without any necessity other than beautification?

The questioner : The sisters from Libya ask in this question: Is it permissible for a woman to add colors to her hair without any necessity other than beautification?

The Shaykh : What? What?

The questioner : Is it permissible for a woman to add colors to her hair without any necessity other than beautification and adornment?

The Shaykh : The original ruling for things other than acts of worship is permissibility. Therefore, it is permissible for a woman to dye her head with whatever dyes she wishes, except if it is black to hide her gray hair, for that is not permissible. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded the changing of gray hair and said: Or, if these dyes are specific to the women of the disbelievers, such that if this woman is seen, it is said, "This is a disbelieving woman," because only a disbelieving woman dyes with this dye, then it is forbidden for the woman to dye with it. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If this dye is free from these two prohibitions—meaning, dyeing black to hide gray hair, or dyeing with what is specific to disbelieving women—then the original ruling is permissibility. So let the woman dye with whatever she wishes. Yes.