Before wearing the wig i do Wuzu then put it on.
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request for another question.
I am
presently wearing a wig since my hair started falling a lot and it was
reflecting on my personality.
Before
wearing the wig i do Wuzu then put it on. and when i am doing Wazu for my Salat
i am doing massah on the wig where i touch my head slighlty.
Please
reply if i am doing wrong. I am in a position where i cant live without the wig.
Jazakallah.
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Answer:
Wearing a wig
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.
May Allah Subhanah reward you with the best of this world
and the Hereafter for your kind comments of encouragement for our humble
efforts in the propagation of the Truth.
If our humble and modest efforts have helped even one brother or sister
get closer to Allah and His Deen of Truth, then we would consider ourselves
indeed fortunate to have been given this opportunity by the Lord Most Merciful
to serve in His Cause. We hope, beg, and
pray the Merciful Lord accepts our humble and weak efforts, forgives us our
shortcomings, and saves you, us, and all the believers from the torment of the
Hell Fire. Ameen.
Your
Question: ….I am presently wearing a wig
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 7.817 Narrated by Aisha
An Ansari girl was
married and she became sick and all her hair fell out. Intending to provide her
with false hair, they asked the Prophet (saws) who said, "Allah has cursed
the lady who artificially lengthens (her or someone else's) hair, and also the one who gets her hair
lengthened."
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 7.133 Narrated by Aisha
An Ansari woman
gave her daughter in marriage and the hair of the latter started falling out.
The Ansari women came to the Prophet (saws) and mentioned that to him and said,
"Her (my daughter's) husband suggested that I should let her wear false
hair." The Prophet (saws) said,
"No, (don't do that) for Allah sends His curses upon such ladies who
lengthen their hair artificially."
Although the prohibition towards the lengthening of one’s
hair artificially or using a ‘wig’ is specified only for the believing woman in
the above quoted guidance, the scholars and the jurists in Islam are absolutely
unanimous in their opinion that the prohibition applies to both, the believing
males as well as the females.
Your
Question: ….Before wearing the wig i do Wuzu then put it on. and when i am
doing Wazu for my Salat i am doing massah on the wig where i touch my head
slighlty.
Please
reply if i am doing wrong. I am in a position where i cant live without the
wig.
Respected brother in Islam, unless one is satisfied that
the ‘laanah’ or the curse of the Lord Most Majestic Most Supreme might be their
constant companion, one should fear Allah Subhanah and immediately and
unconditionally submit their will unto the Will of their Lord Creator, and
abstain the wearing of a ‘wig’.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah
Maidah verse 6 (part):
6 O ye who believe! When ye prepare for prayer wash your faces, and
your hands (and arms) to the elbows, rub
your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the ankles…..
To wipe or rub one’s head with wet hands is an absolutely
obligatory condition of ‘wudu’, and being in the state of ‘wudu’ is an absolute
pre-condition for a prayer to be valid in the Sight of Allah Subhanah.
If one were to wear a cap, or a scarf, or a head-cover,
(or Allah forbid, a ‘wig’), and were to wipe their wet hands over their
head-cover alone (‘masaa’)….it would not satisfy the conditions of ‘wudu’; and
a prayer offered without being in the state of a valid ‘wudu’ would be
unacceptable to Allah Subhanah. One must
remove their head-cover and wipe their heads with wet hands to satisfy the
condition of ‘wudu’.
If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and
commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws),
one can be assured of never ever being misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any
other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be
assured of being led astray.
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