Dress & Attire

Q: Is it necessary to make baby girls (smaller than 1 year) wear clothing that covers till the ankles or is below the knee sufficient?

Q: Is it necessary for a woman to shave the underarms and pubic hair regularly and are women allowed to use scissors or shaving blades for this purpose?

Q: A fake branded jacket came into my possession as a gift. I like the jacket, but I was informed it is a fake. Is it halaal for me to wear? I don't want to wear it because of the brand, but because it's comfortable. The brand logo is visible on the jacket stitched in.

Q: Is it permissible to wear skirts and tops within the confines of the house whilst still being modest and satr is all covered and observing purda from ghair mahrams? Just need to know whether it is permissible to wear skirts at all, or totally not? Because some people don't allow their girls to wear and I don't know the reason why.

Q: I had confusion in hair colouring. I am twenty years old and I have slight brown hairs which I want to dye and turn it into fully brown colour hairs. Please let me know if it is permissible?

Q: Which colour aqeeq stone can I wear and on which finger?

Q: Growing a beard is fard and it is sinful to shave it. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) commanded us to grow them. If the hadith of the beard was to be looked at technically, the wording in the hadeeth is to be understood to let the beard grow. As in just leave it completely. But we have narrations of sahaba trimming their beards a fist length. So scholars have concluded this is the exception to the case and have set a minimal length of the beard to be a fistful. Who ever trims it so its smaller than a fist length is a sinner. Is this correct? I do see many people of knowledge who trim it so its less than a fist length. Please elaborate.

Q:

1. How long was the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam's) beard?

2. Did the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) trim his beard if it was longer than a fist?

3. What is the Shariah ruling of keeping a beard longer than a fist?

4. Is the following information about the length of the beard correct? Please provide reference.

THE BEARD: Abū Zur'ah (one of Salaf) said: “Abū Hurayrah used to take a hand hold from his beard then cut what was more than a fistful.” [مصنف ٨\٣٥٦]

Imām Abū Ḥaneefah رحمه الله: “It is said; 'Whoever has a long beard (more than fistful), he has no intellect'.” [الثقات لابن حبان ٩\١٦٢]

Imām ash-Shāfi'ī رحمه الله: “When the beard is lengthened (more than a fist-length), the intellect is shortened.” [الوافي بالوفيات ٢\١٢٣]

al-Qāḍī 'Iyyaḍ رحمه الله: “As for taking from (a beard longer than a fistful), its length and its width, it is good.” [إكمال المعلم ٢\٣٦]

Shaykh al-Albānī: “It (trimming hair from beard that exceeds fist-length) is reported from Companions & no one opposed them.” [الهدى والنور]

Q: I am a 20 year old female. I have recently noticed a problem in my hair, it's thin, damaged and there are lots of patches. Unfortunately I once straightened my hair and those chemicals destroyed it. I was advised to shave my head. Will it be okay if I do so as it is not for a fashion statement/imitating males? I do happen to cover my hair at all times.

Q:

1. A 67 year old widowed woman dyes her grey hair. Is this permissible?

2. In general, is it permissible for woman to dye their grey hair?