By Asma Bint Shameem
The hadeeth regarding that does NOT apply to women.
Rather, it applies to MEN.
Abdullah ibn ‘Abbaas radhi Allaahu anhumaa said that he saw ‘Abd-Allah ibn al-Haarith praying, and his hair was braided and tied up at the back.
He went and started to undo it.
When he finished praying, he turned to Ibn ‘Abbaas and said:
What do you have to do with my hair?
He said:
I heard the Messenger of Allaah Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam
say:
“The likeness of this one is that of a man who prays with his hands tied.”
(Muslim 492)
Shaikh Ibn Uthaymeen said:
“*This ruling APPLIES ONLY to MEN*, NOT WOMEN, because when praying the woman is commanded to cover herself and if we were to tell the woman to undo her hair when praying or let her braids prostrate with her, as we tell men to do, that might lead to it (her hair) becoming uncovered whilst praying, and it is not permissible to uncover it because it is ‘awrah.
But the hair of a man is not ‘awrah, as is quite obvious.”
(Al-Liqa’ Al-Shahri 17)
“The fuqaha’ are unanimously agreed that it is makrooh to tie back the hair when praying.
What is meant by tying back is wrapping the braid around the head *as women do*, or gathering the hair and tying it at the back of the head.
This is makrooh but if a person (man) prays like that, his prayer is still valid.”
[al-Mawsoo‘ah al-Fiqhiyyah (26/109)]
And Allaah knows best
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