Women wearing lipstick, eye-liner, etc. when leaving the home

· 24 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1434 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Is there any specific ayah or Hadith that says a woman cannot leave her home wearing make up like lipstick , eyeliner, etc?

Answer

The Hadith prohibits women from applying perfume when leaving the home. Grave warnings have been sounded in the Mubaarak Ahaadith for a woman who perpetrates such a sin. Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) has said that a woman who applies perfume when leaving the home and passes by a group of strange men, (then through attracting them towards her) she is counted as a prostitute in the sight of Allah Ta'ala. Accordingly, a woman who does not observe Shari'ee hijaab when leaving the home and she allows herself to be viewed by strange men is guilty of committing two sins; the first is not observing shari'ee purdah before strange men and the second is leaving the home in an indecent manner (i.e. through applying lipstick, eyeliner, makeup, etc. when leaving the home).

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

وَقَرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْأُولَى وَأَقِمْنَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتِينَ الزَّكَاةَ وَأَطِعْنَ اللَّـهَ وَرَسُولَهُ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّـهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا (سورة الاحزاب آية 33)

عن أبى هريرة قال لقيته امرأة وجد منها ريح الطيب ينفح ولذيلها إعصار فقال يا أمة الجبار جئت من المسجد قالت نعم. قال وله تطيبت قالت نعم. قال إنى سمعت حبى أبا القاسم صلى الله عليه وسلم- يقول لا تقبل صلاة لامرأة تطيبت لهذا المسجد حتى ترجع فتغتسل غسلها من الجنابة (أبو داود 2/222)

وحيث أبحنا لها الخروج فإنما يباح بشرط عدم الزينة وتغير الهيئة إلى ما يكون داعية لنظر الرجال والاستمالة قال الله تعالى ولا تبرجن تبرج الجاهلية الأولى (رد المحتار 3/604)

Answered by
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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