How a Woman Should Wipe Her Head

Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the method of wiping the head is the same for both men and women.

Hazrat Nafi' narrates that I saw Hazrat Safiyyah bint Abi Ubaid, when performing ablution, she put her hand inside her scarf and wiped her forehead.

Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila narrates that a woman should insert her hand inside her scarf and wipe her forehead.

Hazrat Ikrimah says that a woman will wipe (perform masah) over the two sides of her head.

Hasan Basri says that when a woman is performing ablution for the morning prayer, she should wipe her forehead and the two sides of her head.

Hazrat Ata says that when a woman has to wipe her head (in ablution), she should insert her hand under the scarf and wipe the front part of her head.

Hazrat Hisham states that Hazrat Fatimah bint al-Mundhir used to wipe over both sides of the head, even though she had kept the company of the Mothers of the Believers.

Hazrat Khalid bin Dinar says that Abu Al-Aliyah was asked how a woman should wipe her head. He told his wife to show them. So she passed both her hands over the two sides of her head and said: She should do it like this.