What is the ruling on hair transplantation for someone whose beard is thin or almost non-existent, or who is bald or balding, or whose hair is thin?
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It is permissible to transplant hair to treat baldness and alopecia, unlike the beard, because its absence or sparseness is neither a defect nor a disease.
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