What is your opinion on plucking thick eyebrows for a woman who wears the hijab?
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The questioner:
He says: What is your opinion on plucking thick eyebrows for a woman who wears the hijab? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for the matter of a woman plucking her eyebrows, this is considered plucking (namas), for which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who does it or asks for it to be done. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah curse the one who plucks her eyebrows and the one who asks for it to be done." The one who plucks her eyebrows is the one who removes the hair from her eyebrows.
And the one who asks for it to be done is the one who asks someone to remove the hair from her eyebrows. The curse implies that this is a major sin among the major sins. It is also a change of Allah's creation, of which Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, informed us that it is something Satan commands the children of Adam to do, where He said:[An-Nisa 4:119] This forbidden type of changing Allah's creation is not permissible. Therefore, it is not permissible for a woman to touch her eyebrows, whether by plucking, threading, shaving, or removing them by any means. And the questioner's statement that it is a major sin does not justify
The presenter:
being a woman who wears the hijab.
The Shaykh:
No, he does not say "thick" or "thick," the eyebrows, the eyebrows
The presenter:
Yes, yes.
The Shaykh:
This does not justify it unless it reaches the point of disfigurement. If it reaches the point of disfigurement, then only what causes the disfigurement is removed. As for claiming that the eyebrows need to be removed or trimmed or the like, these are matters that many women of this era have become accustomed to, and some ignorant women have imitated them. This is a matter that must be pointed out and warned against, because its prohibition is explicitly stated in the texts, and there is a warning against it. It is not permissible to be lenient in this matter. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
The questioner:
He says: Does the woman who wears the hijab have a different ruling in this matter from others, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
There is no difference between the woman who wears the hijab and others, but it seems the questioner wants to say that she is a righteous woman,
The presenter:
Mm.
The Shaykh:
that she is a righteous woman, and that she is more deserving of adherence than others in leaving off the trimming or removal of the eyebrows. Yes.
The presenter:
As long as she wears the hijab, she is called to perfection.
The Shaykh:
Yes, she is called to adherence.
The presenter:
Okay. Okay.
The Shaykh:
And likewise for the one who does not wear the hijab. It is obligatory for the Muslim woman to wear the hijab, and it is also obligatory for her to adhere to what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded, which is to leave the eyebrows in their natural shape, and other things that are required of the woman to leave alone and take care of, such as her hair and her eyebrows. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
He says: What is your opinion on plucking thick eyebrows for a woman who wears the hijab? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for the matter of a woman plucking her eyebrows, this is considered plucking (namas), for which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who does it or asks for it to be done. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah curse the one who plucks her eyebrows and the one who asks for it to be done." The one who plucks her eyebrows is the one who removes the hair from her eyebrows.
And the one who asks for it to be done is the one who asks someone to remove the hair from her eyebrows. The curse implies that this is a major sin among the major sins. It is also a change of Allah's creation, of which Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, informed us that it is something Satan commands the children of Adam to do, where He said:
and I will command them so they will change the creation of Allah." And
وَلَآمُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ وَمَنThe presenter:
being a woman who wears the hijab.
The Shaykh:
No, he does not say "thick" or "thick," the eyebrows, the eyebrows
The presenter:
Yes, yes.
The Shaykh:
This does not justify it unless it reaches the point of disfigurement. If it reaches the point of disfigurement, then only what causes the disfigurement is removed. As for claiming that the eyebrows need to be removed or trimmed or the like, these are matters that many women of this era have become accustomed to, and some ignorant women have imitated them. This is a matter that must be pointed out and warned against, because its prohibition is explicitly stated in the texts, and there is a warning against it. It is not permissible to be lenient in this matter. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
The questioner:
He says: Does the woman who wears the hijab have a different ruling in this matter from others, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
There is no difference between the woman who wears the hijab and others, but it seems the questioner wants to say that she is a righteous woman,
The presenter:
Mm.
The Shaykh:
that she is a righteous woman, and that she is more deserving of adherence than others in leaving off the trimming or removal of the eyebrows. Yes.
The presenter:
As long as she wears the hijab, she is called to perfection.
The Shaykh:
Yes, she is called to adherence.
The presenter:
Okay. Okay.
The Shaykh:
And likewise for the one who does not wear the hijab. It is obligatory for the Muslim woman to wear the hijab, and it is also obligatory for her to adhere to what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded, which is to leave the eyebrows in their natural shape, and other things that are required of the woman to leave alone and take care of, such as her hair and her eyebrows. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما هو رأيكم في تخفيف الحواجب الكثيرة بالنسبة للمرأة المحجبة؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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