The Ruling on Plucking the Eyebrows, Removing Eyebrow Hair, and the Meaning of Cursing

Question:
May Allah reward our Shaykh with the best reward. Since there are many questions, we ask the Honorable Shaykh to be concise, without compromising the answer, as much as possible. The first question: A woman asks, saying: Some of our sisters, may Allah guide them, have taken it upon themselves to stop, and we are still determined to pluck our eyebrows. We ask you to clarify the ruling for them in detail, and to clarify the meaning of the curse.

Answer:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) The one who plucks her eyebrows is the one who removes the hair from her eyebrows; this is the *namisah*. The *mutanammisah* is the one who asks another to remove the hair from her eyebrows, such as going to a woman to have her remove her eyebrow hair; this one is called a *mutanammisah*. If she removes it herself, she is a *namisah*. Both of them are cursed by the tongue of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Plucking the eyebrows is a change of Allah’s creation, regarding which Satan said So changing is creating for Allah’s creation, and plucking the eyebrows is a change of Allah’s creation. Plucking the eyebrows is also obedience to Satan and disobedience to Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
We have understood the meaning of plucking the eyebrows. As for the meaning of the curse, it is expulsion and distance from the mercy of Allah. It is said, “May Allah curse him,” meaning He expelled him and distanced him from His mercy, just as Satan was cursed, and just as the sinners, the disbelievers, and the open sinners were cursed. So is the Muslim woman pleased to be with these cursed ones?
It is obligatory for the woman to fear Allah and to abandon this crime, which is plucking the hair of the eyebrows, whether by cutting, threading, removing, or otherwise. This is not permissible under any circumstances. The woman should inform her sisters that this is a forbidden matter and that there is a severe warning against it. She should not be carried away by bad customs or the blind imitation of women who do not care about the commands of Allah and His Messenger. Yes, there are many women who do this ugly act, but these women are not a role model and are not to be followed. Rather, they must be opposed, and one should follow the Mothers of the Believers, the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the believing women who used to harm Allah and His Messenger, as Allah the Exalted said: It is obligatory for the woman to fear Allah and to abandon bad customs and corrupt traditions, including the plucking of the eyebrows, which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade and for which he cursed the one who does it.