The Ruling on a Woman Removing Hair from Her Face and Hands
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Question:
We return at the beginning of this episode to a message sent to the program from the Arab Republic of Syria, signed by one of the listeners, male or female, with the initials S. A. F. He asked a collection of questions that we discussed in a previous episode, and he has another collection in this episode. For example, he asks: What is the ruling in the Shari'ah on a woman removing the hair from her face and hands? And if she leaves it, is she considered to be imitating men?
Answer:
First, the hair of the eyebrows: this is forbidden and not permissible. It is one of the means of transgression, because this is the practice that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who does it. As for removing the hair from the body, from the arms or the legs or otherwise, there is no harm in that; because there is no prohibition reported regarding it, and because removing it is a form of beautification for the woman.
As for removing hair from the face, other than the eyebrows, this is a matter of scholarly disagreement among the scholars. The stronger position is that if it is disfiguring and extends beyond what is customary, there is no harm in removing it. However, if it is customary, it is better to leave it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good
We return at the beginning of this episode to a message sent to the program from the Arab Republic of Syria, signed by one of the listeners, male or female, with the initials S. A. F. He asked a collection of questions that we discussed in a previous episode, and he has another collection in this episode. For example, he asks: What is the ruling in the Shari'ah on a woman removing the hair from her face and hands? And if she leaves it, is she considered to be imitating men?
Answer:
First, the hair of the eyebrows: this is forbidden and not permissible. It is one of the means of transgression, because this is the practice that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who does it. As for removing the hair from the body, from the arms or the legs or otherwise, there is no harm in that; because there is no prohibition reported regarding it, and because removing it is a form of beautification for the woman.
As for removing hair from the face, other than the eyebrows, this is a matter of scholarly disagreement among the scholars. The stronger position is that if it is disfiguring and extends beyond what is customary, there is no harm in removing it. However, if it is customary, it is better to leave it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 122 من المجموعة الأولى للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:04)
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