Hadith prohibits wearing wig when there's a defect
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So I heard fatwas from sheikhs and scholars that generally wearing wig is haram but if a women has defect, like hair loss then she can wear it to fix it. For example even in this islamwqa article
> With regard to using a wig in a case such as that which you have described, where the woman’s hair has fallen out in a case in which there is no hope of it growing back, we say that in such cases there is nothing wrong with wearing a wig, because in fact it is not done to enhance beauty; rather it is done to remove a defect.
Sheikh ibn Uthaymin
However I found a Hadith that shows that even in the case when the hair falls out cause of disease. It is still prohibited
> حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ،
> أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ الْمُنْذِرِ، تَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ
> أَسْمَاءَ، قَالَتْ سَأَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
> فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ ابْنَتِي أَصَابَتْهَا الْحَصْبَةُ،
> فَامَّرَقَ شَعَرُهَا، وَإِنِّي زَوَّجْتُهَا أَفَأَصِلُ فِيهِ فَقَالَ
> " لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْوَاصِلَةَ وَالْمَوْصُولَةَ ".
Narrated
> Asma': A woman asked the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "0 Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
> ! My daughter got measles and her hair fell out. Now that I got her
> married, may I let her use false hair?" He said (to her), "Allah has
> cursed the lady who lengthens hair artificially and the one who gets
> her hair lengthened artificially."
Sahih
Sahih al-Bukhari, 5941
Then which is the right understanding? And how do you reconcile with the Hadith?
Asked by Yusha
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Feb 18, 2026, 07:51 AM
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