Imitating the disbelievers in hairstyle

Question

[ar]السُّؤَالُ: مَا الْحُكْمُ عَنِ الشَّعْرِ الَّذِي يُقْطَعُ خَلْفَ الرَّأْسِ فَقَطْ كَمَا يَفْعَلُ الْكُفَّارُ، هَلْ هُوَ جَائِزٌ أَمْ لَا أَمْ حَرَامٌ؟[/ar] Question: What is the ruling on hair that is cut only at the back of the head, as the disbelievers do: is it permissible or not, or is it haram?

Answer

[ar]مَا كَانَ شِعَارُ الْكُفَّارِ، فَإِنْ كَانَ شِعَارًا مَذْهَبِيًّا فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ شِعَارًا قَوْمِيًّا فَهُوَ مَكْرُوهٌ.[/ar] Whatever is a distinctive mark (shi‘ar) of the disbelievers: if it is a religious mark, it is haram for Muslims, and if it is a national (communal) mark, it is makruh.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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