Fatwa

Hair Straightening Creams

Fatwa #713 Category: Miscellaneous Country: Zambia Date: 25th November 2021
Fatwa #713 Date: 25th November 2021
Category: Miscellaneous
Country: Zambia

Question

Salaams are we allowed to use hair straightening creams for hair and beard?

 

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

It is permissible to utilise hair straightening creams on condition that such products do not contain any Haraam ingredients.[1]

 

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

 

Mufti Muhammad Patel

Checked and Concurred By:

Mufti Bilal Pandor

 

Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah


Lusaka, Zambia

daruliftaazambia.com

[1]  درر المباحة، ص 64 (دار ابن حزم)

والادهان والترجيل سنة (والترجيل: تسريح الشعر بالمشط). وفي الحديث: ((من كان له شعر فليكرمه)) أي بالتدهين والترجيل والتنظيف بالغسل، ولا يتركه متفرقا متوسخا.