In the Name of Allāh, the Entirely Gracious, the Exclusively Merciful

📩 Question:

The questioner says: What is the ruling of a woman cutting her head hair, and is the ruling general for older women and younger women?

📝 The answer:

It is not permissible for a woman to imitate men, so it is not permissible for her to cut her hair to such an extent that it is imitating men. The Prophet (ﷺ) said:
(لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْمُتَشَبِّهِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ بِالنِّسَاءِ والمتشبِّهات من النِّسَاء بِالرِّجَال)ِ
“Allah has cursed men who imitate women and women who imitate men.”

So it is not permissible to do it if it reaches the level where it becomes imitating the men.

If the cutting is a little amount whereby she still has long hair, then there is no problem with that, as long as she is not imitating certain hairstyles of the disbelieving women. It has come in Sahih Muslim on the authority of ‘A’ishah (رضي الله عنها) that after the death of the Prophet (ﷺ) the mothers of the believers cut their hair until it reached their ears. i.e. near the ear lobes.

Some of the scholars mentioned: they wanted to leave off beautifying themselves after him (ﷺ).

So cutting a small amount is fine, and she should stay away from intending to imitate the disbelieving women, or to make it a particular style which the disbelieving women do, regardless if she is old or young.

As for shaving, then it has come in the Hadith of ibn ‘Abbaas in Abu Dawud:
(نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ تَحْلِقَ الْمَرْأَةُ رَأْسَهَا)
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited women from shaving their heads”

And this is an imitation of men so it falls under the curse, so it is impermissible.

Original Fatwa:
https://t.me/ibnhezam/15904

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