Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage Chapter: Detestable Matters for Women َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْ٠َانِ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنِ النِّسَاءِ يَجْعَلْنَ فِي رُءُوسِهِنَّ الْقَرَا٠ِلَ قَالَ يَصْلُحُ الصُّوفُ وَ٠ْرَأَةٍ نَفْسِهَا وَكَرِهَ لِلْ٠َرْأَةِ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقَرَا٠ِنْ شَعْرِ غَيْرِهَا فَإِنْ وَصَلَتْ شَعْرَهَا بِصُوْفٍ أَوْ بِشَعْرِ نَفْسِهَا فَلا يَضُرُّهَا.

He (the Imam) said, ‘It can be done from wool or her own hairs and it is Makruh (undesirable) for a woman to form loops and knots on her head from the hairs of other women; but if she joins her own hair with wool it is not harmful.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (0/339))