Expert: Hayat Anne Collins Osman - 4/23/2005

Question
Assalamu Alaikkum
I want to know if highlighting of hair is allowed in islam.I know that dying white hair to black is prohibited.Can I highlight my black hair?
If dye is used, is abulution completed/accepted?

Answer
Asalamu aleykum

It is allowed for a woman (or a man) to change the hair color, although it should not be colored black. Please read the fatawa below.

Ablution would not be affected unless the hair was covered with some thick, waxy or greasy substance that prevented water from reaching it.

May Allah bless, forgive, and guide us all.

Hayat Anne Collins Osman
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Question Reference Number:: 6455
Title: It is not permissible for a woman to dye her hair black

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I know that it is permissible for a woman to use henna to color her hair, but i am wondering if it is okay to use bleach or other hair coloring on womens hair.

Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen was asked about that and he said:

If the hair is dyed black, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade that when he commanded a man to change his white hair, but to avoid black. He said: “Change this white hair but avoid black.” (See Saheeh Muslim, 5476). A stern warning has also been narrated to the one who does that, namely the hadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): “There will be people at the end of time who will dye their hair black like the crops of birds; they will not even smell the fragrance of Paradise.” (Narrated by Abu Dawood, 4212; al-Nasaa'i, 8/138; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami', 8153). This indicates that it is forbidden to change the hair with black dye. With regard to changing it with different colours of dye, the basic principle is that it is permissible, unless it is done in the manner of kaafir women or immoral women, in which case it is forbidden for that reason, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.” (Narrated by Abu Dawood, 4031; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Irwa' al-Ghaleel, 5/109).



Majmoo' Fataawa wa Rasaa'il Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 4/121. (www.islam-qa.com)

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Question Reference Number:: 1008
Title: Dyeing hair with brown color

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Question:


Is it permissible for a women to dye her hair brown using a hair dye? And I don't want to use henna because it doesn't work on my hair. (although I know it is sunnah to use it)


Answer:

Praise be to Allaah .

There is nothing wrong with dyeing your hair brown even if you do not use henna. What is not allowed is to dye one's hair black, because of the hadeeth narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) (see question #261 )

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Similarly it is not permitted to dye one's hair in a manner that imitates the kuffaar, like the "punks" why dye their hair in all kinds of colours. We ask Allaah for safety and health.



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Question Reference Number:: 7227
Title: Ruling on dyeing grey hairs

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I have noticed that some of my colleagues at work have their beard painted or turned into the black color, and when asked they say that it in the SUNNAH to paint in what is called (katm).
My questions are:
1)-Are we allowed in any way to paint our hair (head or beard) with black even if it is with this KATAM ?
2)-What is this KATAM, does have a black color and is it true that some of the SAHABA used it ?

Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly: dyeing grey hairs is Sunnah and is part of the teachings of Islam. It means dyeing grey hairs on the head and in the beard, for men. For women, it refers to the hair of the head.

It was reported that Abu Hurayrah said: the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The Jews and the Christians do not dye their hair, so be different from them.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3275; Muslim, 2103).

It was reported that Abu Umaamah (may Allaah be pleased him) said: “O Ansaar, dye your hair red and yellow, and be different from the A'aajim (Persians).” (Narrated by Ahmad, 21780. The isnaad of this hadeeth was classed as hasan by al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar in al-Fath, 10/354).

Secondly: changing grey hair by dyeing it black is haraam. This is the opinion of the majority of scholars, who forbid it completely, because of the hadeeth of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), when he saw Abu Quhaafah. Jaabir said: the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him_ said, when he saw his head looking as white as the thaghaamah plant, “Change this…” (Narrated by Muslim, 2102).

And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: There are people who dye their hair black like the crops of pigeons; they will never smell the fragrance of Paradise.” (Narrated by Abu Dawood, 4212; al-Nasaa'i, 5075).

Ibn Hajar said: the isnaad of this hadeeth is qawiy (strong), but there is some dispute as to whether it is marfoo' (narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)) or mawqoof (the isnaad stops at the Sahaabi). But even if we agree that it is mawqoof, it still has the status of being marfoo', because the Sahaabah would not have spoken on the basis of their own opinions, i.e., it must be something that they heard from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)). Fath al-baari, 6/499.

Thirdly: with regard to katam, Ibn Hajar said:

Katam is a plant from Yemen which produces a reddish-black dye. Henna produces a red dye, so when they are used together as a dye, they produce a colour that is between black and red. Fath al-Baari, 10/355.

Did the Sahaabah use katam? Yes, they did that and so did the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).

It was reported that ‘Uthmaan ibn ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Wahb said: we entered upon Umm Salamah (may Allaah be pleased with her) and she brought out a lock of hair of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) to show us, and it was dyed red. (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5558. Ibn Maajah (3623) and Ahmad (25995) added: “… with henna and katam.”)

The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The best things to use to change grey hair are henna and katam.” (Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 1753; Abu Dawood, 4205; Ibn Maajah, 3622). Al-Tirmidhi said: the hadeeth is hasan saheeh). Abu Bakr (may Allaah be pleased with him) dyed his hair with henna and katam. (Narrated by Muslim, 2341).

Fifthly: it may be noted that in the ahaadeeth where katam is mentioned , it is always accompanied by henna, because what is meant by the ahaadeeth is that the hair should be dyed with katam mixed with henna.

Ibn al-Qayyim said:

What is prohibited is making the hair pure black, but if something else is added to henna, such as katam etc., there is nothing wrong with that. Katam and henna make the hair a colour between red and black, unlike wasmah (woad leaves) which make the hair black as coal. This is saheeh. (Zaad al-Ma'aad, 4/336).

(Wasmah or woad is a plant that is used for dyeing).

Hence we know that katam is not to be used on its own, because it gives a pure, coal-black colour, but it may be used with henna to give a black colour with reddish highlights. Hence we can reconcile the ahaadeeth. And Allaah knows best.



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Question Reference Number:: 1194
Title: Changing hair colour and “relaxing” the hair

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I have seen that some people use materials to dye their hair different colours, be it black, red, etc., and also using something else to make curly hair straight. It is permissible to do such things, and does the ruling apply equally to young and old?

Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.

There is nothing wrong with changing the hair colour and dyeing it any colour, except black. There is also nothing wrong with using something to make curly hair straight. This ruling applies to young and old alike, so long as no damage results from doing this and the material used is pure (taahir) and something that is allowed in Islam. However, dyeing the hair pure black is not allowed for men or women, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Change this grey hair, but avoid black.” (Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah, 5/168).



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Question Reference Number:: 476
Title: Ruling on dyeing hair with black

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Question:


I would like to know if Muslims are allowed to dye their hair (not including henna).

Answer:

Praise be to Allah.

Jaabir ibn ‘Abdullah reported that Abu Quhaafah was brought on the day of the conquest of Makkah, and his head and beard were white like "thaghaamah" (a plant whose flowers and fruit are white). The Messenger of Allah (Peace & Blessings of Allah be upon Him) said: "Change this with something, but avoid black." (Reported by Muslim, no. 3962).

Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Messenger of Allah (Peace & Blessings of Allah be upon Him) said: ‘At the end of time there will be people who will dye their hair black like the crops of pigeons. They will never even smell the fragrance of Paradise." (reported by Imam Ahmad, see also Saheeh al-Jaami‘, no. 8153).

It was also reported from the Prophet (Peace & Blessings of Allah be upon Him) that one should change grey hair, using any colour except black. Abu Dharr reported that the Prophet (Peace & Blessings of Allah be upon Him) said: "The best things with which to change grey hair are henna and ‘katam' (a plant similar to henna which is used as a dye)." (Reported by al-Tirmidhi, no. 1675; he said: This is a saheeh hasan hadith).

Dyeing hair with pure black dye is haram because the Prophet (Peace & Blessings of Allah be upon Him) said: "Avoid black," and because of the threat of punishment reported with regard to this matter. This ruling applies to both men and women.

But if the black dye is mixed with another colour, so that it is no longer black, there is nothing wrong with it.



See Fatawa Islamiyyah, 4/424, and Fatawa al-mar'ah al-Muslimah, 2/520. (www.islam-qa.com)

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http://www.lordswords.com/stories/startstories.asp

http://www.aslamt.com/research/7.html

http://islamweb.net/pls/iweb/misc1.new_muslims

Converts around the World

http://www.themodernreligion.com/convert/convert_websites.htm

Clergy Who Have Reverted to Islam
http://www.thetruereligion.org/priests.htm#miller

Jews Who Have Reverted to Islam
http://jews-for-allah.org/

Reversion videos!

http://www.lightuponlight.com/islam/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload...
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Islam in Italy
Here are some links about Islam and Italy.

This webpage seems to have good material in Italian.
http://www.rcm.napoli.it/zayd/home/English.html

Here are some stories of Italians who have accepted Islam

http://www.welcome-back.org/news/cardilli.shtml

http://www.themodernreligion.com/convert/convert_italy.htm

Here is a list of Islamic Centers in Italy:

http://www.arab.it/almarkaz.html

Islamic books in Italian

http://www.arab.it/islam.html

Muslims in Italy

http://www.geocities.com/embracing_islam/muslim_influx_italy.html

Yusuf Islam in Italy
http://www.mountainoflight.co.uk/profiles/yi_italy/

Corano in Italiano Gateway
http://www.corano.it/


Muslims in China
http://www.chinamuslim.per.sg/

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Islamic marriage

http://www.zawaj.com/articles.html

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Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) in the Bible

A Talk by Ahmed Deedat (may Allah have mercy on him)
http://www.islamworld.net/Muhammad.in.Bible.html

An Article by Jamal Badawi
http://islamicity.com/Mosque/Muhammad_Bible.HTM



Seerah: Biograhpy of Prophet Muhammed (s.a.w.)

The Sealed Nectar – a famous biography
http://www.al-sunnah.com/nektar/


His marriages

A general article:

http://www.themodernreligion.com/women/w_polyplural.htm

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A table of the ages and conditions of his wives at the time of marriage:

http://www.usf.edu.pk/wives.html

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Details of his reasons for each marriage:

http://www.answering-christianity.com/islam_polygamy.htm
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A discussion of Prophet Muhammad's (s.a.w.) character and approach to marriage.

http://www.islamic-paths.org/Home/English/Muhammad/Other/Marriage.htm

His children
http://www.islamicweb.com/history/children.htm

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Marriage of Aisha (radiya Allahu 'anha) :
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Answers to common polemical attacks upon her marriage to the Prophet (SAW)
-- don't miss the photo at the very bottom of the page!

http://bismikaallahuma.org/Polemics/aishah.htm



Messages from the Islam_is_Peace archive related to the young marriage of Aishah (RA):

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Islam_is_Peace/message/3601


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Islam_is_Peace/message/3649



Other resources on the marriages of the Prophet (SAW):

http://www.jannah.org/morearticles/49.html

http://www.wponline.org/vil/Books/SM_tsn/ch7s11.html


Family

Articles about Islamic Education
http://islamfortoday.com/schools.htm

Welcoming a new child
http://islam.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uh.edu%2Fcam...

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Biography of the Khalifa Umar ibn Al-Khattab (r.a.a.)

http://www.muslimstudent.org.uk/personality/umar.htm

The Seal of the Prophethood
http://www.ummah.net/moa-on-line/hadith/shamaail/st2.html

Salman the Persian
http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/salman_the_persian/


History

How did Islam Spread?

http://www.interactiveislam.com/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=95


What Is a Wahhabi?

http://www.thewahhabimyth.com/index.htm

Answering Missionaries

Answering Christian attacks
http://www.answering-christianity.com/ac.htm

The laws for murder in Islam
http://www.answering-christianity.com/laws_of_murder.htm

Allah Moon God (astaghfir-Allah!)
http://www.mostmerciful.com/moongod.htm

Noorullah
http://www.geocities.com/noorullahwebsite/

Islamic Awareness
http://www.islamic-awareness.org/#SiteMap

Muslim answers
http://muslim-answers.org/

Bismikallahuma
http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/

Islam in the Semitic context
http://www.nessia.org/

Articles and audio
http://www.examinethetruth.com/


EXPOSING THE DECEITFUL ARGUMENTS PRESENTED BY ZEALOUS CHRISTIANS IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO DISCREDIT ISLAAM.
http://www.geocities.com/sbwus/


Wahabbis

http://www.allaahuakbar.net/taqleed/salafi_dawah.htm


THE SHIA
http://islamicweb.com/index.asp?folder=beliefs&file=shia

Sunnah vs. Shia

http://geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/9684/khut1.html#4
Examination of Shia religion

http://www.sultan.org/shia.html
Collection of links about the Shia.

Shi'ism - The Most Dangerous Aspects
http://www.alinaam.org.za/library/dbeliefs/shiism.htm

http://members.tripod.com/ahya/eng/ashorah.html
Fatwa on Ashura
SUFIS

The deviated path
http://islamicweb.com/beliefs/cults/sufism.htm

Scholars' views of Sufism

http://www.uh.edu/campus/msa/group/sufism/sch_on_sufi.html




FATWA SITES:

Islam Q and A
www.islam-qa.com/

What you should do in the following situations
http://63.175.194.25/books/whattodo/english.html#Bad%20dreams


Al-Salafyoon
alsalafyoon@alsalafyoon.com

http://islamweb.net/pls/iweb/fatwa.eshowtopcat

http://www.fatwa-online.com/

A page of fatwa links
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/1458/islam011.htm

http://www.islam.tc/ask-imam/

http://www.islamonline.net/

http://www.islamset.com/q&a.html

http://www.isna.net/iq.asp

http://www.jamiat.org.za/fatwa.html

http://www.muslims.net/fatwa/english/searchFatwa.asp

A large collection of fatawa
http://www.ourdialogue.com/conts.htm

http://islamweb.net/pls/iweb/fatwa.eshowtopcat

A variety of fatawa collections
http://www.msapubli.com/Free_Islamic_Resources/Q_and_A/index_qa.html

Hanafi and Shafi'i
http://www.sunnipath.com/
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Free Books about Islam

Free books, mostly by mail.
http://sultan.org/books/

Downloads
www.muhaddith.org/ downloads_free_islamic_software_books.html


www.islaam.com/books/

www.al-sunnah.com/

List of sites for free books to order and to download

http://www.islamic-knowledge.com/Download.htm

http://www.internetmuslim.com/Dawah_Center/

A good book to use in discussing the Bible with Christians:

http://www.masmn.org/Books/Muhammad_Nubee/Muslim%20Christian%20Dialogue/

Who Is our Savior?
A good site with information about Dawah to Christians:

http://www.jesus-or-allah.com/


Free books about Islam for New Zealanders

http://www.nzmuslim.net/modules.php?name=FreeBooks
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International Islamic News Agency
http://www.islamicnews.org/english/index.html

Islamic Economics

A comprehensive collection of articles:

http://www.wponline.org/vil/Articles/economics/default.htm

Other sources.

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/economics/nbank1.html

http://www.minaret.org/austrian.htm


Dream Interpretation
http://www.bilalphilips.com/books/dream01c.htm


Prayer Requests
http://www.islam.com/requests.asp

Nasheed: Islamic songs

http://www.muhajabah.com/music.htm

www.lightuponlight.com/islam/modules.php?name=Web_Links&l_op=MostPopular

http://www.haneen.com.eg/islam/STAGE_POOL.sHTM

http://www.islamicworld.htmlplanet.com/iaudio/iesongs/amies.htm


free online lectures
http://www.aswatalislam.net/

http://www.audioislam.com/default.asp


*Why should I do a fresh 'wudu' every time???
http://www.geocities.com/hidden_truth_in_quran/effects_of_wudu.html

*Arrogance, is it really that harmful???
http://www.geocities.com/hidden_truth_in_quran/Takabur.html

*Power of Charity/Sadkah
http://www.geocities.com/truthdotnet/Charity.html

*Asking for Allah's Will and Help:
http://www.geocities.com/islamic_greetings/Istkhara.html


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Links / URLs   
Some valuable resources.

Following external websites provide very valuable information about Islam. We might not necessarily agree with the views expressed on every site.

1. http://www.islam.org
Islam & The Global Muslim eCommunity - Informative site about Islam and Muslims in text, audio and video.

2. http://www.islam-guide.com
A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam, Muslims, & the Quran

3. http://www.latinodawah.org
To educate Latinos and others about the Legacy of Islam in Spain, Latin America and provide free information about Islam

4. http://www.jews-for-allah.org
Jews for Allah exist to make the Messiahship of Jesus and Salvation of Allah an unavoidable issue to Jews

5. http://www.islaminfo.com

6. http://www.iad.org

7. http://www.beconvinced.com

8. http://thetruereligion.org

9. http://www.viewislam.com

10. http://www.irf.net

11. http://www.islam101.com

12. http://www.discoverislam.com   

13. http://www.talkislam.org   

14. http://www.islam-usa.com/index.html   

15. http://www.soundvision.com   

16. http://www.MuslimHeritage.com   

17. http://www.islam-qa.com   

18. http://www.messageonline.org

19. http://www.alhambraproductions.com
http://www.whyislam.org/877/Info/Links.asp