وَصْل الشَّعر

وَصْل الشَّعر

A wasila is a woman who joins her hair to another's, and a mustawsila is one for whom this is done at her request. ¹ The majority hold joining human hair forbidden, whether a woman's or a man's, on the reports of Asma bint Abi Bakr, Ibn Umar and Mu'awiya, since human hair is held in honour. ^{2 3} A Hanafi view and a Hanbali view dislike it, and one Hanbali view permits it with the husband's leave. ³ On joining animal hair the jurists differ: the Hanafis and one Hanbali view allow it, the Malikis and the Hanbali school forbid it, and the Shafi'is distinguish clean from unclean hair and a married woman from an unmarried one. ^{3 4} On joining with material other than hair, such as cloth, the Hanafis and Hanbalis allow it, the Malikis forbid it, and the permission is attributed to Ibn Abbas, Umm Salama and Aisha. ^{3 4} The Malikis hold the prohibition is not limited to women, since it alters God's creation. ⁴