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 "id": "concept/imtishat",
 "class": "concept",
 "slug": "imtishat",
 "label": {
  "ar": "الامتشاط",
  "en": "Imtishat (combing the hair)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "الامتشاط لغة ترجيل الشعر وتسريحه وتنظيفه، وعند الفقهاء كذلك. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3378} يستحب للرجل ترجيل شعر رأسه ولحيته، وللمرأة ترجيل شعرها، لحديث الرجل ثائر الرأس واللحية. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3378} ويحرم على المحرم إذا كان يزيل شعرا، وتمنع المحدة من الامتشاط بالطيب أو الدهن، وعند الحنفية بمشط ضيق. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}",
  "en": "Imtishat is combing the hair, in the lexical and the juristic sense. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3378} A man is recommended to comb his hair and beard, and a woman her hair, following the report of a man with untidy hair whom the Prophet told to tidy himself. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3378} A man in ihram may not comb if it removes hair; a widow in mourning may not comb with oil or perfume, and the Hanafis forbid a narrow comb. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}"
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "objects"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "global"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "ethics-and-character"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "ethical",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya (Noor copy), headword «امتشاط», pp.3378-3379 of the scan (ends where «امتناع» begins on p.3379). Footnote citations omitted.",
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5",
   "model": "claude-haiku-5-5",
   "run": "mawsua-w02-9"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "التعريف",
     "markdown": "الامتشاط لغة ترجيل الشعر، والترجيل تسريح الشعر وتنظيفه وتحسينه، وعند الفقهاء معناه كالمعنى اللغوي. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3378}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الحكم",
     "markdown": "- يستحب ترجيل شعر الرأس واللحية من الرجل، وكذا الرأس من المرأة، لحديث الرجل ثائر الرأس واللحية الذي أشار إليه النبي بإصلاح شعره، ولحديث: «من كان له شعر فليكرمه». {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3378}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}\n- في الإحرام يحرم الامتشاط إن علم أنه يزيل شعرا، وكذا إن كان يدهن ولم يزل شعرا، وإن كان لا يزيل شعرا وبغير طيب ففيه خلاف. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}\n- لا يمنع امتشاط المحدة عند أغلب الفقهاء إن كان خاليا من مواد الزينة، فإن كان بدهن أو طيب حرم، وعند الحنفية يحرم بمشط ضيق. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/imtishat",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Definition",
     "markdown": "Imtishat is combing the hair; the lexical and juristic senses agree. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3378}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Ruling",
     "markdown": "- A man is recommended to comb his head and beard, and a woman her head, after the report of a man with disordered hair whom the Prophet signalled to tidy himself, and the hadith: whoever has hair should honour it. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3378}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}\n- In ihram, combing is forbidden if it removes hair; oiling without removing hair is disputed. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}\n- Most jurists do not forbid a widow in her waiting period to comb, unless the comb is with oil or perfume; the Hanafis forbid a narrow comb. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/imtishat",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "تعریف",
     "markdown": "امتشاط بالوں کو کنگھی کرنے کو کہتے ہیں۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3378}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حکم",
     "markdown": "مرد کے لیے سر اور داڑھی کے بالوں کی کنگھی مستحب ہے؛ احرام میں بال جھڑ جانے کا امکان ہو تو ممنوع۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3378}{cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3379}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/imtishat",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  }
 },
 "degree": 0,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-23",
 "connections": [],
 "related": [
  "concept/ada-al-dayn",
  "concept/ada-al-shahada",
  "concept/adab-hamil-al-quran",
  "concept/add",
  "concept/adha-fiqh",
  "concept/adl-wal-fadl",
  "concept/afw",
  "concept/ahd"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}