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Can a male braid his hair?

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Yes, there is no issue with a male braiding his hair since it is not exclusive to any faith or gender. hair, braiding, male, permissibility, appearance, gender https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7PLQzBqMSzo
so no particular issue with this it's not something which is specific to one faith one religion or it's not something which is specific to females as such so yeah no issue with that
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