Two-Length Haircut For Neatness

Trimming the hair on the sides and leaving the upper portion of the hair untrimmed will result in having two lengths of hair which resembles the current fashion or hair style of the transgressors, even though your intention is otherwise. Such haircuts are prohibited in the Hadith.

In a narration of Abu Daud Sharif, Ibn Umar Radiallahu Anhu narrates that Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam had seen a child on one occasion whose head was partly shaven and partly unshaven. Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam prohibited him from doing so and said:

“If you want to shave the hair then shave the entire head and if you want to keep hair, then keep hair on the entire head.”

[Abu Daud pg.225 vol.2 / Mishkaat pg.380]

In Fataawa Mahmoodiyya, Hadrat Mufti Mahmood Hassan Saheb Gangohi Rahimahullah has stated, “To trim part of the hair and keep part of the hair untrimmed is prohibited.

In Ahsanul Fataawa, Mufti Rashid Saheb Rahimahullah has stated, the impermissible ways of keeping hair are as follows;

1. Shaving part of the head and leaving the remainder unshaven, or trimming part of the hair to a greater extent and leaving the remainder shorter or untrimmed.

2. To keep such hair that is a symbol of the Kuffar (i.e. the Kuffar keep such hairstyles.) The rationale/reason of prohibition here will be resemblance to the Kuffar. However, the style/fashion of the Kuffar of one’s era will be taken into consideration.

In order to achieve neatness, we suggest that you trim all the hair including the sides so that the hair remains one length as far as possible.