Cursed are the woman who attaches hair extensions and the one who has them attached, the woman who plucks eyebrows and the one who has them plucked, and the woman who tattoos and the one who has herself tattooed, when done without medical need.
لعنت الواصلة والمستوصلة، والنامصة والمتنمصة، والواشمة والمستوشمة من غير داء.
Abu Dawud (4170) narrated it from Ibn Sarh, who said, Ibn Wahb narrated to us, from Usama, from Abu Aban bin Salih, from Mujahid, from Ibn Abbas, who said, and then he mentioned the hadith. Its isnad is hasan because of Usama, who is Usama bin Zayd Laythi. His saying, "I have cursed," carries the ruling of being attributed to the Prophet, just like his saying, "we were commanded" or "we were forbidden."It has also come attributed directly to the Prophet through another route from Ibn Abbas, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the one who attaches hair extensions, the one to whom they are attached, the men who imitate women, and the women who imitate men. Ahmad (2263) and Tabarani in Kabir (11/204) both narrated it through the route of Ibn Lahia, from Abu Aswad, from Ikrima, from Ibn Abbas, who mentioned it. The isnad contains Ibn Lahia, who has weak memory, but it is strengthened by the first isnad.Abu Dawud said, following the aforementioned hadith of Ibn Abbas, by way of explanation, "The one who attaches hair extensions is the one who joins hair with the hair of other women, and the one for whom this is done is the one to whom this is done. The one who plucks the eyebrow is the one who works on the eyebrow until it becomes thin, and the one for whom this is done is the one to whom this is done. The one who tattoos is the one who makes marks on her face with kohl or ink, and the one for whom this is done is the one to whom this is done." End of quote.The one who attaches hair extensions, in its original sense, is the one who joins hair with the hair of other women. But if the attachment is made of silk threads or the like, there is no harm in it, as was reported from Saeed bin Jubayr, who said, "There is no harm in hairpieces." Abu Dawud (4171) narrated this with an isnad containing Sharik bin Abdullah Nakhai, who has weak memory.Abu Dawud said, following this statement of Saeed bin Jubayr, "It is as though he means that what is forbidden is women's hair." Then Abu Dawud said, "Ahmad used to say, there is no harm in hairpieces." Hairpieces are braids made of hair, wool, or silk, with which a woman extends her hair.