# Does a bald woman have to wear hijab?

*Do bald women have to wear hijab?*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/7/
- Date: 2021-01-19 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (24:30–25:37)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=1470s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/

**Topics:** Hijab and niqab; Beard, moustache and hair

**Question as asked:** Do bald women have to wear hijab?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth gives no ruling: he jokes about the wording and muses on hair loss in women and men.

## Longer summary

Reading a question on whether bald women have to wear hijab, Mufti Abu Layth jokes that fortune favours the bold, then says women are not bald unless through illness or certain conditions. He wonders whether hair loss is a substantial issue for women, notes that it is a huge one for men, and remarks that worrying about hair loss itself contributes to losing more hair, so the game is rigged.

## Sources and names cited

- hijab

## Transcript (machine tier, 24:30–25:37)

[24:29] well you know Fortune does favor the [Laughter] Bold women don't oh unless it's through an illness I was about to say I was about to say why would a woman be bold but obviously unless it's due to certain illnesses or conditions but do um I want actually I wonder is hair loss an issue for women I mean I know women do lose hair as well but I I wonder if it's a tiny tiny issue or is it actually

[25:09] a substantial issue uh obviously hair loss for men is huge um and the irony is that worrying is actually a contributing factor this is where the game is rigged against you so you lose some hit and then you start worrying which contributes to losing more

[25:36] hit whoever rigged this game to to to so but I wonder how it is with uh H that's an interesting thought I guess hello Google so right so what is going on Muti what do you think of the mlim of the Muslim Community both Sunni and Shia in Birmingham in Birmingham people brm town I I don't know what I think it's great I mean it's it's good I don't have

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment Hv-BlBVTr4M/s/7. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/7/

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