Woman shaving her head

Praise be to Allaah.

It is not permitted for a woman to shave her head except in cases of
necessity, because of the hadeeth narrated by al-Tirmidhi and al-Nisaa’i from
‘Ali (may Allaah be pleased with him) according to which the Prophet
(peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade women to shave their heads. Al-Khallaal reported
from Qutaadah from ‘Ikrimah who said: “The Prophet
(peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) forbade women to shave their heads.” Al-Hasan said: “This is
mutilation.” Al-Athram said: “I heard Abu ‘Abd-Allaah asking about a woman
who was unable to take care of her hair properly and whether she should remove her hair
according to the hadeeth of Maymoonah. He asked, ‘Why does she want to remove
it?’ He said, ‘She cannot put oil on it or anything else that will make it look
better, and she has a bad infestation of lice.’ He said, ‘If it is the matter of
necessity, I hope that there is nothing wrong with doing so.’” And Allaah knows
best.