{"_id":"6a78f10e4469ed857068b40e","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"How short can a woman cut her hair?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"According to the Shafiʿi school, how short may a woman cut her hair? For women with textured or Afro-type hair that naturally shrinks and appears significantly shorter when dry than when stretched, is the length judged according to its natural appearance or its full length when stretched?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"According to the Shāfiʿī school, women are discouraged, not prohibited, from shaving their hair or cutting it too short. This is based on the prophetic hadith that during Hajj, men should shave their heads while women should only shorten their hair. A fully shaved head for women is also considered a form of mutilation by jurists.\\n\\nThere are exceptions, such as medical necessity, discomfort, or, in rare cases, to protect oneself from sexual assault. When scholars discuss Hajj or Umrah, they recommend that women only shorten a fingertip's length, and according to some scholars like al-Isnawi, anything beyond a fingertip, whether during Hajj or not, is also discouraged.\\n\\nAs for textured or Afro-type hair, length is judged according to its natural state; there is no requirement for a woman to straighten her hair for it to appear longer.\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fe00b76658b4c2327ba","tag":"Women: Beauty","count":60}],"createdOn":"2026-08-09T21:28:46.218Z"}