Question Summary:
Can women cut their hair? What is the Dua for a child who is frequently startled in sleep?

Question Detail:

Can you please advise me on the following: 

Is a lady allowed to cut her hair (the length still remains below the elbow) and the fact that the woman is in hijaab? 
Please give me a dua that I can read for my 18 month old daughter who frequently wakes up screaming and crying in the night.

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
 
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
 
It is not permissible for a woman to cut her hair.[1]
The following Dua may be written and worn around the child’s neck[2];
 
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَعِقَابِهِ وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ، وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ
 
 
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mawlana Ali bin Cassim
Student Darul Iftaa
Los Angeles, CA (USA)
 
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
www.daruliftaa.net