The ruling on plucking the eyebrows of a veiled woman
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Question:
We return at the beginning of this episode to a message that reached the program from the listener Ali Ahmad Shurqan from Sudan. A new episode, our brother presented some questions for him in the previous episode, and he has this question remaining for this episode. He says: What is your opinion on plucking thick eyebrows for a veiled woman? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions, and may He bless after that. Taking from a woman’s eyebrows falls under plucking the eyebrows (nams), which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed. Whether she does it herself or asks someone else to do it, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The one who plucks her eyebrows is the one who removes the hair from her eyebrows, and the one who asks for plucking 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 from altering the creation of Allah, of which Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) informed us that it is what Satan commands the children of Adam to do, where He said: [An-Nisa 4:119] This forbidden type of altering the creation of Allah is not permissible for a woman to touch her eyebrows, neither by cutting, nor by plucking, nor by shaving, nor by removal by any means.
And the questioner’s statement that she is veiled or that this does not justify it. Veiled. He does not say much about the eyebrows. Yes, yes. This does not justify it unless it reaches the level of disfigurement. If it reaches the level of disfigurement, then only what causes the disfigurement is removed. As for claiming that the eyebrows need to be removed or need to be cut or something like that, 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, and there is a threat against it, and it is not permissible to be lenient in this matter. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
We return at the beginning of this episode to a message that reached the program from the listener Ali Ahmad Shurqan from Sudan. A new episode, our brother presented some questions for him in the previous episode, and he has this question remaining for this episode. He says: What is your opinion on plucking thick eyebrows for a veiled woman? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions, and may He bless after that. Taking from a woman’s eyebrows falls under plucking the eyebrows (nams), which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed. Whether she does it herself or asks someone else to do it, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
May Allah curse the one who plucks the eyebrows.
لعن الله الباء مسخر.And the one who asks for plucking,
والمتنمصة،and I will command them so they will change the creation of Allah." And
وَلَآمُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ وَمَنAnd the questioner’s statement that she is veiled or that this does not justify it. Veiled. He does not say much about the eyebrows. Yes, yes. This does not justify it unless it reaches the level of disfigurement. If it reaches the level of disfigurement, then only what causes the disfigurement is removed. As for claiming that the eyebrows need to be removed or need to be cut or something like that, 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, and there is a threat against it, and it is not permissible to be lenient in this matter. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 01/157 — archive.org (1:05)
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