A wig made from a woman's own hair

A question about a wig made from a woman's own hair, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that there is no objection as long as the hair is her own, the wig is removed for obligatory ghusl and part of the head can be wiped in wudu, provided she does not appear in it before unrelated men. ¹

A woman who had a wig made from her own hair to wear after her hair fell out asked whether this is permitted. ¹

The Department answered that as long as the hair is the woman's own, the wig is taken off for obligatory ghusl, and part of the head can be wiped during wudu, there is no legal objection to making it. ¹ It said she should not appear in it before unrelated men, since they may not look at a woman's detached hair, quoting Rawdat al-Talibin that what may not be looked at while attached, such as a free woman's hair, may not be looked at once detached, according to the most correct view. ¹

Jordan's General Iftaa Department published this fatwa on aliftaa.jo as no. 4378, dated 30 March 2026. ¹ The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.