What is the ruling on a young man trimming the ends of his hair from the back so that it does not go past his shoulders, knowing that this will make the hair at the front of his head longer than at the back, and this is not apparent in his overall appearance?
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There is no harm in cutting hair in layers, and this does not fall under the forbidden practice of Qaza' (shaving parts of the head and leaving others), as long as it does not involve imitating disbelievers, transgressors, or women.
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