Is it permissible for a girl suffering from severe hair loss, for whom hair transplant procedures have failed, to wear a wig to avoid family problems and social embarrassment, knowing that her intention is to reconcile with her family?
Scholars have differed regarding the ruling on wearing a wig ("baroqa"). The more preponderant opinion is that it is permissible to wear it if the hair is thin and considered a defect in people's eyes, in order to remove the defect, while being careful not to deceive during an engagement. However, if there is no such defect, then wearing a wig is forbidden and resembles hair extensions, the doer of which the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, cursed.
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