FatwaFederal TerritoriesDress, Awrah & Adornment
AL-KAFI #588: HUKUM MENCABUT UBAN
What is the ruling on plucking out gray hair?
Short answer
Plucking out gray hair is disliked (makruh) and does not reach the level of prohibition.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Al-Kafi li al-Fatawi
- Topic
- Dress, Awrah & Adornment
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Plucking out gray hair is disliked (makruh) and does not reach the level of prohibition. The hadith prohibition would originally imply haram, but the ruling shifts to makruh because of a supporting indication, namely the report from Anas bin Malik that the act is disliked. Cutting gray hair is permissible since it is not plucking, and gray hair may be dyed a colour other than black, while dyeing it black is prohibited according to the preferred view in the Shafi'i school.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Setelah kami menekuni beberapa hujah dan dalil di atas, kami berpandangan bahawa hukum mencabut uban adalah makruh.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “AL-KAFI #588: HUKUM MENCABUT UBAN”, 20 March 2017. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/923-al-kafi-588-hukum-mencabut-uban. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/ruling-on-plucking-gray-hair/