Dress and Adornment
465 questions
What is the ruling on children wearing mustaches and beards? Is it considered a form of وصل (attaching hair/extensions)?
Is it permissible for a married woman to shape her eyebrows with a razor or to pluck them if her husband is displeased with their appearance? And is "changing Allah's creation" specific to gender reassignment in our current era?
Is it permissible for a divorced woman with three children, whose father does not provide for them, and who works in a customer service job at a telecommunications company where there is no mixing of genders, while her own father is elderly and has a low income, to continue in her job due to the lack of a better alternative?
What is the ruling on wearing a phone ring on my middle or index finger, by analogy with the ruling on other rings?
What is the ruling on young men acting out women's roles, and their wearing a headscarf (tarḥah), hijab, or prayer jilbab? Is this considered imitation (tashabbuh)? And what is the ruling on joking by imitating women?
What is the ruling on wearing the Japanese garment called the "yukata," knowing that it is modest and not intended for imitation?
What is the ruling on not washing hair with products and sufficing with water and combing it to distribute the oily substance secreted by the scalp, which is a new method for hair care?
Is a garment of notoriety related to the wearer's intention, or to the fact that it distinguishes him from the people of the land even if he does not intend arrogance by it? And is it obligatory to wear a specific Islamic dress if it draws attention, while there is another Islamic dress that is rarely worn?
Is it permissible for a wife to attach artificial eyelashes made of non-hair materials (such as plastic) to her eyelashes for the purpose of adornment, based on Sheikh Al-Sha'rawi's statement that it is permissible to attach hair with something that is not hair?
What is the ruling on marrying a woman who imitates men by wearing trousers?
What are the preferred, disliked, and forbidden colors in men's and women's clothing?
What is the ruling on using Topix, Caboki, and Oom Oom medical hair powders, which adhere to the scalp for 12 hours to cover bald spots and thicken hair, and are composed of fine hair-like particles?
Is one who said to his wife, regarding lengthening his trousers – provided they do not reach below the ankles – "I will see what I can do," in order to avoid them appearing too short according to custom, believing that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded shortening the garment to mid-calf, then sought Allah's forgiveness for his thoughts, sinful? And is it permissible to follow custom in this case as long as it does not contradict Islamic law?
Does not Ibn Masoud's anger prove that "al-namṣ" (plucking/epilation) is not limited to eyebrows only? And does removing facial hair - by "al-namṣ" - constitute altering Allah's creation? If so, does this ruling apply to the rest of the body hair?
What is the virtue of eating little with regard to wisdom, worship, asceticism, knowledge, and health, and what are the negative effects of eating too much?
What is the ruling on using exercise equipment or swimming with young men who do not cover their thighs, and is there another opinion besides that of the majority of scholars that permits this, especially with the prevalence of these practices and the difficulty of avoiding them?
What is "an-Nams" for which the one who performs it has been cursed, and is it permissible with the husband's permission?
Is wearing a watch on the right hand a Sunnah to differ from the West, or is the differing only in their beliefs and matters of their religion?
Is using very dark black dye forbidden for a veiled woman?
Is a woman's dyeing her hair black for adornment in her home included in the ruling of prohibition, or does the ruling differ in this case?
When is imitation detested (makrooh), and when is it forbidden (haram)?
What is the ruling on a woman adorning herself for her husband's female relatives, and what are the limits of the Shar'i dress in front of them?
Is it permissible for a woman to remove excess hair from her eyebrows and tidy them – without thinning them – to avoid psychological distress and marital problems?
Is it disliked or forbidden for men to wear certain colors, and what is the ruling on wearing a striped red thobe and a red ghutra that covers the head?