My age is about 40 years but my beard is fully become white and my wife is so younger then me she looks like my daughter so she insist for coloring the beard and and all my heads hair. I am coloring it dark Brown but it looks like black. In Islam it is prohibited so i try to stop coloring but my wife say my heart want to suisaid and she become so greaf and weeping i also try it for brown but she insist for black. So in this condition can I color my hair darkbrown which is look like black or broke my wife heart it may cause the end of our personal life relation also because she is not accepting any other option.
In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Assalāmu ῾alaykum wa Rahmatullāhi Wabarakātuh
In principle, it is permissible for a Mulim male to dye his hair. However, according to the majority of the scholars, it is Makrooh (disliked) and one should abstain from using black dye.
(Fatāwā Hindiyyah, Vol.5, Pg 359, Rashīdiyyah)[1]
(Raddul Muhtār, Vol.6, Pg.422, Hm Saeed)[2]
You have stated in your query that you are using a dark brown dye which looks black. It is permissible for you to use such a type of dye in order to look younger before your spouse.
It is narrated that Imam Abu Yusuf (rahimahullah) has mentioned:
“As it pleases me when she adorns herself for me, it equally pleases her when I adorn myself for her”
(Raddul Muhtār, Vol.6, Pg.422, Hm Saeed)
And Allāh Ta῾āla Knows Best
Wassalāmu ῾alaykum
Ml. Rayhaan Docrat,
Student Dārul Iftā
Checked and Approved by:
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Dārul Iftā, Madrasah In῾āmiyyah
[1] وأما الخضاب بالسواد … ومن فعل ذلك ليزين نفسه للنساء وليحبب نفسه إليهن فذلك مكروه وعليه عامة المشايخ وبعضهم جوز ذلك من غير كراهة وروي عن أبي يوسف رحمه الله تعالى أنه قال كما يعجبني أن تتزين لي يعجبها أن أتزين لها كذا في الذخيرة (الباب العشرون في الزينة واتخاذ الخادم للخدمة)
[2] قوله ( ويكره بالسواد ) أي لغير الحرب
قال في الذخيرة أما الخضاب بالسواد للغزو ليكون أهيب في عين العدو فهو محمود بالاتفاق وإن ليزين نفسه للنساء فمكروه وعليه عامة المشايخ وبعضهم جوزه بلا كراهة روي عن أبي يوسف أنه قال كما يعجبني أن تتزين لي يعجبها أن أتزين لها