How a woman wipes her head during ablution

Question:
In the last of this questioner's questions, she asks His Eminence the Shaykh: Is wiping the head in prayer done only once? And what does a woman do; does she wipe the entire head? And what does she do if her hair is long?

Answer:
Wiping the head is an obligatory part of the ablution for both men and women. A woman wipes her head just as a man wipes his. The intention is to wipe the hair follicles from the front to the back. As for the braids, there is no need to wipe them, but she wipes from the front to the back, ... the hair follicles. As for the braids that hang down below that, it is not obligatory to wipe them. If there are bandages on it, whether of henna or otherwise, that does not harm. Aisha said, "We used to wipe over the bandages during the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." So if she wipes over what is on her head of bandage, whether henna or otherwise, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.

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