Is it obligatory for a woman to cover her hair at home and while sleeping to avoid shaming the angels, based on the belief that angels are shy of a woman's hair?
There is a textual indication in a Hadith that angels do not enter the house of a woman who has uncovered her head, and the chain of transmission of this Hadith has been graded as good (hasan). However, this prohibition might be specific to angels of mercy and blessings, while the guardian angels and those entrusted with seizing souls enter every house. Therefore, if a woman can cover her head in her home without difficulty, that is better for her.
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