The Ruling on Removing Hair Using Substances Used by Women
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The questioner:
What is the ruling on some of the substances women use to remove hair from the face, arms, and legs?
The Shaykh:
A little. Yes, you don't have any.
The questioner:
What is the ruling on some of the substances women use to remove the hair on the face, arms, legs, and so on?
The Shaykh:
If the substances do not contain impurity and are not intoxicating, there is nothing wrong with removing hair from the hands and legs. As for the face, no, except if there is something extra, like a mustache or beard, that is removed. As for the normal hair, no, such as plucking the eyebrows; one should not resort to plucking the eyebrows. Yes.
The questioner:
Number.
The Shaykh:
Yes, removing the eyebrows, yes, yes.
The questioner:
The hair of Satan.
The Shaykh:
And the hands, there is no problem.
The questioner:
I mean, if it is...
The Shaykh:
No, no blame.
What is the ruling on some of the substances women use to remove hair from the face, arms, and legs?
The Shaykh:
A little. Yes, you don't have any.
The questioner:
What is the ruling on some of the substances women use to remove the hair on the face, arms, legs, and so on?
The Shaykh:
If the substances do not contain impurity and are not intoxicating, there is nothing wrong with removing hair from the hands and legs. As for the face, no, except if there is something extra, like a mustache or beard, that is removed. As for the normal hair, no, such as plucking the eyebrows; one should not resort to plucking the eyebrows. Yes.
The questioner:
Number.
The Shaykh:
Yes, removing the eyebrows, yes, yes.
The questioner:
The hair of Satan.
The Shaykh:
And the hands, there is no problem.
The questioner:
I mean, if it is...
The Shaykh:
No, no blame.
Source
فتاوى الحج - ١٨ — archive.org (3:28)
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