Can you dye your hair navy blue if youre not doing it in order for your hair to look black, you just like the colour?

In Ibn Hajar Haytami 's list of "enormities", item 111 is: > Dying the beard or hair black for other than jihad or the like. (Also mentioned at Islam Q&A .) **Question**: Does dying one's beard or hair black play a role in jihad? I'm not sure how reliable this enormity is. The answers to https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/16162/17163 don't list jihad as an exception to the ruling against dying one's hair and/or beard black.

The prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: > “The Jews and the Christians do not dye (their hair) so do the opposite to them” as recorded by Al-Bukhaari, Muslim, Ahmad, Abu Daawood and An-Nasaa’i. Yet no scholar ever stated that dying hair was obligatory. Why was it so? Any command from prophet (saw) is obligatory unless evidences suggest otherwise. So were there any evidence as to why dying hair is not obligatory, can you please quote them?

My teacher is an Imam of a mosque, he used to teach Qur'an and now that I have become older and we discuss many things related to Islam. So he recently asked me a question which I couldn't answer: > Can I dye my beard or hair black?

I want to dye my hair a green because I want it. I like the colour not because of other people. Am I allowed?

Salaam, I’ve read that black hair dye is forbidden in Islam- those who do will not even smell the scent of paradise however i read that black mixed with another colour is fine, so does navy (a dark blue that looks black) suffice?

The Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) said to a person who had white hair: > “Change this white hair but avoid black.” Saheeh Muslim (5476 The Prophet also said: > “There will be people at the end of time who will dye their hair black like the crops of pigeons; they will not even smell the fragrance of Paradise.” Narrated by Abu Dawood (4212) and al-Nasaa’i (8/138); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’ (8153). These hadith indicates that dying your hair black is haram but what is the reason that it is haram? Why did the Prophet forbid it?

I wanted to know which colours can you dye your hair with? I know you have to avoid black but are all the colors except black allowed or just a few like natural hair Colors?

I would like to extend this question (unanswered) I read here that, > “The Jews and the Christians do not dye their hair, so be different > from them.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3275; Muslim, 2103). > > إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى لاَ يَصْبُغُونَ، فَخَالِفُوهُمْ So is keeping grey/white hair not permissible in Islam ? I couldn't find any more references.

From https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/16162/17163 , we see that there's a bunch of ahadith which prohibit dying one's hair black. For example: >"Some people will dye their hair black like the breasts of pigeons at the end of time, but they will not even smell the fragrance of Paradise."
>Sunan an-Nasa'i 5075 [grade: sahih] However, many people have naturally occurring black hair, which raises the question: **Question**: How do we reconcile ahadith which imply dying one's hair black is haram, given that black hair occurs naturally? Logically, we can infer there are two requirements to this problem: 1. the color black, since dying one's hair other colors was not considered a problem, and 2. the act of dying (not simply possessing black hair), since non-dyed black hair is fine. ---- Other questions on this topic are 1. https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/7222/17163 2. https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/14572/17163 3. https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/38497/17163 4. https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/39091/17163 5. https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/44068/17163 6. https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/44178/17163

We are allowed to dye the grey/white beard / head hairs except with black as this is deceiving making you look younger than you are. However if your natural hair colour is not black but brown, then isn't dyeing your hair with brown also deceiving? Rather in this case, black would be more appropriate? See https://islamqa.info/en/476

Why has black hair dye been singled out? I find it confusing because I read in a fatwa that people should not dye their gray hair black to deceive people. That is really confusing because it is possible for a blonde person to deceive others by dyeing his/her gray hair blonde, it is possible for a brunette to deceive people by dyeing his/her gray hair brunette, and it is possible for a black haired person to deceive people by dyeing his/her gray hair black, blonde, brunette, blue, yellow, red etc etc. So my question is, why has black been singled out as the only dye not to be used? Before people start saying that you shouldn't use any dye to deceive people of your age, yes I understand that, but that doesn't explain why black has been singled out. And before people ask, no I don't have black hair. Here are a few fatwas about black hair dye:
http://islamqa.info/en/ref/82103
http://islamqa.info/en/ref/83639
I can post many many many more links, but I will leave it at 2 for now. And here is a fatwa extract which includes a hadith: > Secondly: **changing grey hair by dyeing it black is haraam**. This is the > opinion of the majority of scholars, who forbid it completely, because > of the hadeeth of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon > him), when he saw Abu Quhaafah. Jaabir said: the Messenger of Allaah > (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him_ said, when he saw his head > looking as white as the thaghaamah plant, “Change this…” (Narrated by > Muslim, 2102). > > And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: > There are **people who dye their hair black** like the crops of pigeons; > they **will never smell the fragrance of Paradise**.” (Narrated by Abu > Dawood, 4212; al-Nasaa’i, 5075). Source of extract: http://islamqa.info/en/ref/7227

Are we allowed to dye our hair in Islam? These two hadiths contradict each other >Dawud :: Book 34 : Hadith 4210 > >Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: > >The Prophet of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) **disliked ten things**: Yellow colouring, meaning khaluq, **dyeing grey hair**, trailing the lower garment, wearing a gold signet-ring, a woman decking herself before people who are not within the prohibited degrees, throwing dice, using spells except with the Mu'awwidhatan, wearing amulets, withdrawing the penis before the semen is discharged, in the case of a woman who is wife or not a wife, and having intercourse with a woman who is suckling a child; but he did not declare them to be prohibited. **This one says prophet did not like dyeing hair.** >Bukhari :: Book 7 :: Volume 72 :: Hadith 786 > >Narrated Abu Huraira : > >The Prophet said, "Jews and Christians do not dye their hair so you should do the opposite of what they do. **This one tells us to dye our hair**. Also if dyeing is possible then what colours are allowed?

I have some grey hair. Is it permissible to dye my hair with black henna? Someone said black henna is permissible, because it doesn't include ammonia (godrej).