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Fatwa ID: 08481<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answered by Muftiyah Shireen Mangera-Badat<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Is it true that women are forbidden from cutting their hair, at least from above the shoulders ?<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answer<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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In answer to your question, the reference would be where the hadith discourages a woman from imitating a man.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas: that the Prophet cursed men who imitate women and woman who imitate men. (Ibn Majah 1904)[1]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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In the Hanafi school, while long hair is praiseworthy and has traditionally been part of a woman\u2019s beauty and modesty, it is not a condition of modesty that hair must always reach below the shoulders. If a woman trims her hair above the shoulders in a neat, modest way, and follows the sharia guidelines of the awrah ruling, that still aligns with feminine appearance and avoids resembling men, scholars may consider it discouraged.[2]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n

Written by Muftiyah Shireen Mangera-Badat<\/span><\/p>\n

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n

Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n

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