Hair Extensions - Is your Wudu accepted?

Q. Is your Wudhu or Ghusl accepted when you have human hair extension weaved in your hair?

Answer by Shaykh Salim Giza

A. In the name of Allah the Most Beneficent and Merciful.

Wudhu or Ghusl is accepted when a person has human hair extensions as long all the obligations are fulfilled.

The four obligations for Wudhu, according to the Hanafi Madhab, are:

1. Washing the whole face once
2. Washing both of the hands/arms up to and including the elbows once
3. Wiping one quarter of the head with wet fingers
4. Washing both feet up to and including the ankles once

The three obligations for Ghusl, according to the Hanafi Madhab, are:

1. Washing the whole of the body, head to toe, once so no part is left dry
2. Washing the inside of the mouth
3. Washing the inside of the nostrils

For women who have plaited hair, as long as the roots and the hair attached to the head is washed it will be accepted. Therefore, if any external peripherals attached to the body are not washed, but all the above is, then the Wudhu or Ghusl will still count. For example, if a person was wearing an item of jewellery and moved it sufficiently so that the body part it was covering (that needed washing) was washed, however that item of jewellery was not washed then the Wudhu/Ghusl would count.

However, as far as the ruling goes for wearing human hair extensions or animal hair then this is NOT permissible.

It has been stated in a Hadith that Sayyiduna Abu Hurayra (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) said:

“Allah has cursed the woman who joins (her or someone else’s) hair (with the hair of another man or a woman) and the woman who asks for her hair to be joined (with the hair of another person) and the one who tattoos (herself or someone else) and the one who asks to get tattooed.” [Sahih al-Bukhari, no. 5589]

The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) forbade this to such an extent that he did not even permit it for a woman whose natural hair had fallen off. Sayyida Aisha (Allah be pleased with her) narrates that an Ansari girl was married and became sick hence all her hair fell out. They (her family and friends) intended to join her hair with false hair, so they asked the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) who said:

“Allah has cursed the woman who joins her or someone else’s hair (with the hair of another man or woman) and the woman who asks for her hair to be joined with the hair of another.” [Sahih al-Bukhari, no 5590]

The word ‘false’ mentioned above means hair made from another living being, human or animal. However, false hair made from synthetics etc is permissible, as these do not constitute living beings. (Durr-e-Mukhtar)

Of course Allah knows best.

Comments

Good afternoon, i was just wondering is that how someone with hair extenstions perform wudu or is it the normal principle? Thanks

Mariam Diakite wrote:
Good afternoon, i was just wondering is that how someone with hair extenstions perform wudu or is it the normal principle? Thanks

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"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi

Yeah but the way it is listed above it that the order in which the wudu is performed or is it the normal way in which the hands are washed first then the mouth, nose, face etc?

Is the Wudu performed in the normal way in which the hands are first washed then the mouth,nose etc or is it in the order of The four obligations for Wudhu?

How do you wash the face without washing your hands? First three steps are not compulsory - touch (hands to wrists), smell (wash nose) and taste (rinse mouth), but there to make sure that the water is of a state that can be used - it is a test of the senses.

(yes, the "hands all the way up to elbows" comes later.)

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

I wonder why people use hair extensions besides wanting longer hair which they (Muslims) should infact be covering anyway?

 

You wrote:
How do you wash the face without washing your hands? First three steps are not compulsory - touch (hands to wrists), smell (wash nose) and taste (rinse mouth), but there to make sure that the water is of a state that can be used - it is a test of the senses.

(yes, the "hands all the way up to elbows" comes later.)

Interesting.

"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi

Titanium wrote:
While we're talking abt hair and extensions, I would strongly advise against eyelash extensions. Its like Petri dishes on your eyes for bacteria to grow. It can cause nasty eye infections with poor hygiene!

Eurgh. Yuck. That's gross and you've made it sound more gross than it probably actually is. I've never actually worn eyelash extensions on a normal day, party, wedding, Eid...Everybody knows that they're fake so what's the point? Maybe I'll understand later on.

 

TPOS wrote:
You wrote:
How do you wash the face without washing your hands? First three steps are not compulsory - touch (hands to wrists), smell (wash nose) and taste (rinse mouth), but there to make sure that the water is of a state that can be used - it is a test of the senses.

(yes, the "hands all the way up to elbows" comes later.)

Interesting.

i dont think its a test. coz you're suppose to check if the water is clean and wudu-able BEFORE making wudu. wudu is a ritual with a higher wisdom that we can only guess at.

i personally think that the big abt hair extensions being haram should have been mentionned BEFORE the bit abt wudu being okay. coz i just started reading this in complete disbelief thinking "what the........"

 

any sort of "faking" is prohibited. so eyelash extensions and wigs included.

Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?

The fardh bits of wudu come afterwards.

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

Hummus wrote:
I wonder why people use hair extensions besides wanting longer hair which they (Muslims) should infact be covering anyway?

A danger here is to lay things one on top of another.

I can remember once saying to me something on the lines of "Prayer is the most important thing. If you miss prayer, what is the point of making sure your food is halaal?"

That is very dangerous thinking as being imperfect suddenly makes things all or nothing to an extent, as everyone has some flaws, nothing is considered valid.

There will be some people who dont wear always wear a headscarf, but still make sure they don't miss a prayer. Their weakness on one area should not be used to hit them on the good they do in another.

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.