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Subject: Re: Cutting hair

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Moustafa Morsy

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Date Posted: 12:15:02 10/11/02 Fri
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In reply to: shuaiba 's message, "Cutting hair" on 08:54:45 10/11/02 Fri

Alikom Assalaam.
� the ruling on cutting women�s hair. Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
We do not know anything (to disallow) cutting women�s hair. What is forbidden is shaving it. You should not shave your hair but you may cut it and reduce its length or volume; we know of nothing wrong with that. But that should be done in a proper manner which will please you and your husband. You should come to some agreement with him on a kind of haircut that does not resemble kaafir women, because if you leave it long, it will be a lot of trouble to wash it and comb it. So if the hair is very long or thick, and the woman cuts it to reduce its length or volume, that doesn�t matter. Cutting some of it will make it more beautiful, which will please both the woman and her husband. So we do not know of any reason to disallow that. But shaving it altogether is not permissible, except in the case of sickness. And Allaah is the Source of strength.
It was narrated in Saheeh Muslim that Abu Salamah ibn �Abd al-Rahmaan said: �The wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to cut their hair until it came just below their ears.� (al-Hayd, 481)
Al-Nawawi said: this indicates that it is permissible for women to cut their hair short.
But women should avoid resembling kaafir women or immoral women when they cut their hair .

Allah Knows Best.

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