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Shaping and plucking the eyebrows

· 7 Jumada I 1436 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

I want to know if my husband is not happy with my eyebrows, is it ok Islamically to neaten it (wax or pluck)? What is the ruling on it? I was plucking before but have read a Hadith that our prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) cursed such women so I have stopped but my husband finds it untidy.

Answer

Shaping or plucking the eyebrows is not permissible in Islam even if it is done for the husband. The Hadith has cursed the one who shapes the eyebrows. However if the hair is overgrown, then removing the overgrown hair and making it look normal is permissible.

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

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما قال لعنت الواصلة والمستوصلة والنامصة والمتنمصة والواشمة والمستوشمة من غير داء. قال أبو داود وتفسير الواصلة التى تصل الشعر بشعر النساء والمستوصلة المعمول بها والنامصة التى تنقش الحاجب حتى ترقه والمتنمصة المعمول بها والواشمة التى تجعل الخيلان فى وجهها بكحل أو مداد والمستوشمة المعمول بها (ابو داود رقم 4172)

وفي تبيين المحارم إزالة الشعر من الوجه حرام إلا إذا نبت للمرأة لحية أو شوارب فلا تحرم إزالته بل تستحب اه وفي التاترخانية عن المضمرات ولا بأس بأخذ الحاجبين وشعر وجهه ما لم يشبه المخنث اه ومثله في المجتبى (رد المحتار 6/373)

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Mufti Zakaria Makada
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