Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Badat
Question:
Is it permissible in Islam to tint or dye hair to black, gold, white or any other colour?
Answer:
In the Name of God, Most Kind, Most Merciful
Jazak Allah Khayr/ Thank you for your question.
Dying or colouring the hair is permissible in any reasonable colour that does not resemble the hair styles and hair colour of sinful people. The dye or hair-colour used should blend in the hair, not cover the hair [as a coating or shell]. (See: Fiqh al Ḥalal wa al Ḥaram by Mufti Khalid Saifulllah Al Rahmani)
“The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings upon him) encouraged Abu Quḥafah to dye his white hair.” –
(See: Abu Dawud)
General Colours in Hair Dye
“ʿAbd Allah Ibn ʿOmar (may God be pleased with him) used saffron coluour to die his hair.”
(See: Abu Dawud)
“ʿAbd Allah Ibn ʿAbbas (may God be pleased with him) was of the view, it is best to use either henna or a yellowish colour.”
(See: Abu Dawud)
“There are reports the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) instructed to use red colour to die hair.”
(See: Fatḥ Al-Bari)
Black Colour
Dying hair black is also permissible in general. Some jurists have deemed it as makruh (disliked). – (See: Fiqh al Ḥalal wa al Ḥaram by Mufti Khalid Saifulllah Al Rahmani). Most jurists are of the view that the narrations that prohibit black are weak in nature. (See: Fath Al-Bari)
ʿOthman Ibn ʿAffan, Ḥasan Ibn ʿAli, Ḥusayn Ibn ʿAli, ʿUrwah Ibn Zubayr, Ibn ʿAbbas, ʿUtbah Ibn ʿAmir, Ibn Al-Shihab Al-Zuhriy and Ibn Sirin (may God be pleased with them) are all of the view that black hair dye coulour is permissible.” – (See: ʿUmdat Al-Qariy, Sharḥ Al-Nawawi of Sahih Muslim, Qamus Al-Fiqh and Fiqh al Ḥalal wa al Haram by Mufti Khalid Saifulllah Al Rahmani)
And Allah Knows Best.
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