What is the ruling on braiding the hair into a single braid or a single plait?

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The questioner : Also, what is the ruling on braiding the hair into a single braid or a single plait?

The Shaykh : I do not know of any harm in this if she braids it into a single braid; I do not know of any harm in that. The original state is loose hair, and whoever sees something from the Sunnah that prohibits it, he must follow it in that.

The questioner : Yes.
This is a letter from 'Abd al-Karim Khalil from Jeddah, saying:

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