Your Hadith received for artificial hair was enlightening, can you can give us some information on Hair grooming for women, is it accepted for the women of Islam to cut or trim , color their hair.
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Hadith received for artificial hair was enlightening, can you can give us some
information on Hair grooming for women, is it accepted for the women of Islam
to cut or trim , color their hair.
Also
for nails for men and women , is it acceptable to keep them long?
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Hair cutting color nail long
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 none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Question: can
you can give us some information on Hair grooming for women, is it accepted for
the women of Islam to cut or trim , color their hair.
There is nothing in the Quran or the Sunnah which prohibits
the believing woman from cutting her hair as short as she wishes to, or to
color, shape or style it in any way she pleases, provided certain stipulated
conditions of Shariah are not violated:
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.820 Narrated by Ibn Abbas
The Messenger of Allah (saws) invoked the curse of Allah on men who imitate women, and those women who
assume the similitude of men.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
4649 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr
ibn al-'As
Allah's Messenger
(saws) said, "He does not belong to us who imitates other people.”
Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 4020 Narrated byA bdullah ibn Umar
The Prophet (saws)
said: ‘He who copies any people is one of them.’
Sahih Muslim Hadith
6840 Narrated by Abu Hurayrah
Allah's Messenger
(saws) said: “There are two types, amongst the denizens of Hell, I have yet not seen them. One possessing whips like the tail of an ox
and they flog people with them. (The second one) the women who would be
naked, in spite of their being dressed,
who are seduced (to wrong paths) and seduce others with their hair
high like humps. These women
would not get into Paradise, and they
would not perceive the odour of
Your Question: Also
for nails for men and women , is it acceptable to keep them long?
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 7.779 Narrated by Abu Huraira
I heard the Prophet (saws) saying. "Five
practices are characteristics of the ‘Fitrah’ (nature): shaving the pubic hair,
clipping the nails, depilating the hair of the armpits (for males
and females alike), and cutting the moustaches short and circumcision (for
males only)."
The periodic clipping of one’s nails is a clean, hygienic
and a natural act, and something which is known as ‘Sunnat-al-fitrah’ or the
way of nature.
To allow one’s nails to grow unabated is against the
natural ‘fitrah’ or Sunnah and thus not encouraged in Islam. The Prophet of Allah (saws) gave injunctions
and guided the believers (men and women) to periodically clip their nails, not
to grow them.
Sahih Muslim Hadith 497 Narrated by Anas ibn Malik
A time limit has been prescribed for us for
clipping the moustache, cutting the nails, plucking hair under
the armpits, shaving the pubic hair: that it should not be neglected for
more than forty nights.
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