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What is the complete teachings of females hair?

Published as Females cutting their hair

· 17 Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1434 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Mufti explained regarding the cutting and keeping of hair of females. Please can you reference to where in the Quran Allah orders this, and at times the weight of the long hair causes headaches etc, what is allowed and what is not. What is the complete teachings of females hair?

Answer

It is impermissible in Shari'ah for a woman to cut or trim her hair. If strands of hair fall (due to combing, etc), she should bury the hair.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

وفيه قطعت شعر رأسها أثمت ولعنت زاد في البزازية وإن بإذن الزوج لا طاعة لمخلوق في معصية الخالق ولذا يحرم على الرجل قطع لحيته والمعنى المؤثر التشبه بالرجال اه (الدر المختار 6/407)

فإذا قلم أطفاره أو جز شعره ينبغي أن يدفن ذلك الظفر والشعر المجزوز (الفتاوى الهندية 5/358)

Answered by
Mufti Zakaria Makada
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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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