What is the ruling on cutting hair?
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The Shaykh : It has two states. If the cutting is to lighten the hair and not to imitate boys, young men, wicked women, or disbelieving women, then it is permissible. This is because it was reported in Sahih Muslim from the hadith of Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Rahman, the noble Tabi'i, that he said:. Al-Wafrah, in modern terms, is the hair that reaches the lobes of the ears or to the...
The Shaykh : It has two states. If the cutting is to lighten the hair and not to imitate boys, young men, wicked women, or disbelieving women, then it is permissible. This is because it was reported in Sahih Muslim from the hadith of Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Rahman, the noble Tabi'i, that he said:
The women of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to cut their hair until it was like al-wafrah.
أن نساء النبي - صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم - كنَّ يأخُذْنَ من شعورهنَّ حتى تكونَ كالوفرة
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