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The Twisting of Hair and Its Ruling in Prayer

Question
What is the twisting of hair and what is its ruling in prayer?
Answer
Hair curling: It is the gathering of hair on the head, and it is said to twist it and insert its ends into its roots, and it is disliked for a man to do so; for Umm Salama, may Allah be pleased with her, reported: "The Prophet, peace be upon him, forbade a man to pray while his head is curled." In the large dictionary 23: 25, and its narrators are the narrators of the authentic hadith as mentioned in the collection of excesses 2: 86. See: Al-Bahr Al-Ra'iq 2: 21, and Kanz Al-Daqaiq 1: 163, and Durar Al-Hukam 1: 107.
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