Is cutting girls head hair after puberty haraam in Islam?
Published as Women cutting or trimming their hair
Question
1. Is cutting girls head hair after puberty haraam in Islam?
2. Can trimming be done for lower hair?
Answer
1. It is not permissible. It is totally forbidden.
2. No, when there is no need to trim the hair.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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