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The Ruling on Shaving a Newborn Girl's Hair Question: What is the ruling on shaving the hair of a female infant at birth, and what is the stronger opinion in this matter? Have some scholars prohibited shaving the hair of a newborn girl? And if there is concern about the hair becoming unclean or decaying, what should be done? Sheikh Yahya ḥafidhahullāh: There is a view which states that the hair of a female, even if she is a child, is not to be shaved. However, this is incorrect. [The Prophet ﷺ said] ((أميطوا عنه الأذى)) "Remove the harm from him." This refers to removing the harm from the newborn, whether male or female. Therefore, harm should be removed from them. After that, the hair of the girl is not to be shaved. At birth, the hair of both male and female infants may be shaved based on this hadith, but after that, the hair of the girl is not to be shaved. @womensbenefits