What is the ruling on binding the head for a need, such as a headache?
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The questioner : If he is afflicted with a headache and takes a cloth and binds his head with it, do we say that he has covered his head...?
The Shaykh : And what do you say?
The questioner : This is for a need.
The Shaykh : Yes, it does not contradict the ruling for a need. However, it will come to us, if Allah wills, that if one commits the prohibited act, there are three cases. If he needs the prohibited thing while the prohibition remains, he uses it and pays the expiation, just as Allah the Exalted permitted shaving the head with the expiation.
The Shaykh : And what do you say?
The questioner : This is for a need.
The Shaykh : Yes, it does not contradict the ruling for a need. However, it will come to us, if Allah wills, that if one commits the prohibited act, there are three cases. If he needs the prohibited thing while the prohibition remains, he uses it and pays the expiation, just as Allah the Exalted permitted shaving the head with the expiation.