Wants to make a wig for her bald non-Muslim mother

27-6-2007 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalamu alaykum my mother is a non muslim, she as asked me to help her make a wig for herself to wear. my mother has hair on the botton of her head but is almost completely bald on the top, this is not a tempory condition, she as been in this condition for twenty years, with no improvment, just worsening. am i allowed to her her make the wig? jazzakallah joe

Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

 

There is a difference of opinion among the scholars  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  them on the ruling of wearing a wig, some permitted it and some prohibited it. The view we adopt here in Islamweb is that wearing a wig is permissible with the conditions which we mentioned in Fatwa 90912, especially if wearing it is in order to cover a malformation, because removing a malformation is permissible, and it is for this reason that the Prophet  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) allowed the person whose nose is cut to replace it with a golden nose.

Based on the above-referred Fatwa, it is permissible for you to make a wig for your mother to wear.

For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 87229

Allaah Knows best.

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