Why Qaza Hairstyle Is Not Haram in Islam:5 Strong Proofs
07/04/2020
Many of you would have come across news that made headlines on the internet some years ago where a football player in Saudi Arabia was forced by the referee or someone among the authorities to cut his hair because they thought that the haircut was un-Islamic. There was nothing un-Islamic about his haircut and a person brought a pair of scissors and forcibly cut the footballer's hair. The entire game was stopped because of this ludicrous drama and what reminds us about these kinds of puritanism is the complete misunderstanding surrounding the Qaza haircut. The Qaza haircut or in other words, the Qaza hairstyle is a haircut where one part of the hair is shaven and the other part is not on the head of a boy. Nowadays it is unfortunate that almost all the hairstyles have been banned by giving a blanket fatwa on the Qaza Haircut. In this article I hope to inshaAllah answer the misunderstood opinion surrounding the Qaza haircut by putting forward five understandable explanations as proofs.
Proof-1-Qaza Haircut is Only One Specific Haircut That Was Forbidden
The Qaza haircut has been wrongly interpreted by many to mean that you cannot cut your hair in a style where one part is shorter than the other. They base this argument by quoting the below hadith,
Narrated by Abdullah bin `Umar (rali)
"Allah's Messenger (sal) forbade Al-Qaza"
(Bukhari and others).
This is not the real meaning of the Qaza haircut that the prophet (sal) forbade. Only shaving one part and leaving one part of the hair is haram. Below is the haram hair cut that is clearly mentioned in the below hadith,
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar (rali):
"The Prophet (sal) saw a boy with part of his head shaved and part left unshaven. He forbade them to do that, saying: "Shave it all or leave it all."
(Abu Dawud-Graded Sahih by Albani)
In this hadith the prophet (sal) only forbade having one part shaved and the other part left unshaven. This is the Qaza haircut which Islam has clearly mentioned and forbidden. Below image is the example of the Qaza haircut forbidden in Islam.
Many of you would have come across news that made headlines on the internet some years ago where a football player in Saudi Arabia was forced by the referee or someone among the authorities to cut his hair because they thought that the haircut was un-Islamic. There was nothing un-Islamic about his haircut and a person brought a pair of scissors and forcibly cut the footballer's hair. The entire game was stopped because of this ludicrous drama and what reminds us about these kinds of puritanism is the complete misunderstanding surrounding the Qaza haircut. The Qaza haircut or in other words, the Qaza hairstyle is a haircut where one part of the hair is shaven and the other part is not on the head of a boy. Nowadays it is unfortunate that almost all the hairstyles have been banned by giving a blanket fatwa on the Qaza Haircut. In this article I hope to inshaAllah answer the misunderstood opinion surrounding the Qaza haircut by putting forward five understandable explanations as proofs.
Proof-1-Qaza Haircut is Only One Specific Haircut That Was Forbidden
The Qaza haircut has been wrongly interpreted by many to mean that you cannot cut your hair in a style where one part is shorter than the other. They base this argument by quoting the below hadith,
Narrated by Abdullah bin `Umar (rali)
"Allah's Messenger (sal) forbade Al-Qaza"
(Bukhari and others).
This is not the real meaning of the Qaza haircut that the prophet (sal) forbade. Only shaving one part and leaving one part of the hair is haram. Below is the haram hair cut that is clearly mentioned in the below hadith,
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar (rali):
"The Prophet (sal) saw a boy with part of his head shaved and part left unshaven. He forbade them to do that, saying: "Shave it all or leave it all."
(Abu Dawud-Graded Sahih by Albani)
In this hadith the prophet (sal) only forbade having one part shaved and the other part left unshaven. This is the Qaza haircut which Islam has clearly mentioned and forbidden. Below image is the example of the Qaza haircut forbidden in Islam.
It is clear from this hadith that the Qaza haircut is only specific to having the head of a boy unshaved and the other part shaven. All the other hairstyles are halal in Islam if it is done in a way with the intention of not mimicking the non-Muslims. Another hadith validates this even further,
Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, prohibited partial shaving. It was said to Nafi’, “What is partial shaving?” Nafi’ said, “It is to shave part of a boy’s head and leave the rest.”
(Bukhari)
In this hadith it is clear that the prophet (sal) forbade only partial shaving of the hair of a boy child. Below is the sample image of all the halal hairstyles in Islam.
Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, prohibited partial shaving. It was said to Nafi’, “What is partial shaving?” Nafi’ said, “It is to shave part of a boy’s head and leave the rest.”
(Bukhari)
In this hadith it is clear that the prophet (sal) forbade only partial shaving of the hair of a boy child. Below is the sample image of all the halal hairstyles in Islam.