Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,

As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.  (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)

 

One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:

my question is i work as a hair braider i do women braids with weave is it haram if you realy depend on it to feed your family. 

 

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Answer:

 

Working as hair dresser

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person,  no grave, no prophet,  no imam,  no dai,  nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

 

Because Islam has declared absolute zero-tolerance regarding the mixing of the sexes, it would be absolutely impermissible for a believing man to touch or style the hair of non-mehram women, or for a believing woman to touch or style the hair of non-mehram men! 

 

Secondly, if an act is declared as forbidden in Islam, regardless of whether or not one depends on it to feed one’s family, that act would still remain forbidden for the believers.  Just because one depends on it to feed the family does not make a forbidden thing permissible in Islam!

 

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone.  Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

 

 

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

 

Burhan