What is the ruling on removing hair from the hands, arms, and legs for a woman?
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is removing the hair on her hands and feet, her arms and legs, considered plucking the eyebrows?
Answer:
It is not permissible for a man or a woman to remove the hair on the skin, the hair on the skin of the body, if there is no impediment. What is forbidden for a man is shaving the beard or removing the beard, and what is forbidden for a woman is removing the eyebrow hair, the hair of the eyebrows, or the hair of the head. It is not permissible for a woman to shave her head, nor to cut it until it becomes like a man's head. This is forbidden. Yes.
The questioner asks: Is removing the hair on her hands and feet, her arms and legs, considered plucking the eyebrows?
Answer:
It is not permissible for a man or a woman to remove the hair on the skin, the hair on the skin of the body, if there is no impediment. What is forbidden for a man is shaving the beard or removing the beard, and what is forbidden for a woman is removing the eyebrow hair, the hair of the eyebrows, or the hair of the head. It is not permissible for a woman to shave her head, nor to cut it until it becomes like a man's head. This is forbidden. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حُكم إزالة شعر اليدين والذراعين والرِّجلين للمرأة؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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