Fatwa ID: 07517
Answered by: Alimah Saleha Bukhari Islam
Question:
Would it be haram for me to look at someone who does qaza with their hair or something like that?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
Abdullah ibn Umar narrated: The Prophet (ﷺ) saw a boy with part of his head shaved and part left unshaven. He forbade them to do that, saying: Shave it all or leave it all.
[Sunan Abi Dawud, 4195]
Thus, we can see that qaza, that is to shave certain areas of the head whilst leaving hair on certain areas, has been explicitly forbidden by our Prophet (ﷺ). To style the hair in a manner that looks irregular is usually practised following trends of non-believers and to fit in with them.
Many Muslims stray from treading the right path and are heedless with regards to many rulings on various issues. If the person is somebody you know or someone who may be unaware of the rulings then you have the choice to subtly and privately advise the person, from one Muslim to another. It’s possible a person may be unaware of the impermissibility of such a hairstyle because they are so occupied in following modern trends.
However, you will not be held accountable for the decision or action of another person and looking at the hairstyle on another person is not haram.
Only Allah knows best
Written by Alimah Saleha Bukhari Islam
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَأَى صَبِيًّا قَدْ حُلِقَ بَعْضُ شَعْرِهِ وَتُرِكَ بَعْضُهُ فَنَهَاهُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ “ احْلِقُوهُ كُلَّهُ أَوِ اتْرُكُوهُ كُلَّهُ ” .
وصورة القزع: هو: أن يحلق بعض الرأس ويترك البعض, ففي أي بقعة وقع الحلق مع ترك الباقي فهذا قزع, سواءً كان هذا المحلوق هو وسط الرأس وترك الجانبين, أو كان المحلوق الجانبين وترك الوسط, أو كان المحلوق من الأمام وترك الخلف, أو كان المحلوق من الخلف وترك الأمام, أو غير ذلك مما يكون فيه حلق البعض وترك البعض, فهذا كله من القزع المنهي عنه.
ص112 – كتاب اللباب شرح فصول الآداب – أقسام الحلق – المكتبة الشاملة
