The ruling on bleaching eyebrows and hair

Question:
Umm 'Abd al-Rahman sent a question saying: I am asking about the ruling on bleaching the eyebrows, and I am also asking about bleaching the hair for a woman, and whether there is anything wrong with removing the eyebrows for a woman; because the hair grows on the eyelid?

Answer:
It is not permissible to tamper with the eyebrows, neither by plucking, nor cutting, nor shaving, nor bleaching. Rather, the eyebrows should be left as they are, for they have a natural beauty, and praise be to Allah, and one should not tamper with them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who plucks the eyebrows and the one who has them plucked. The one who plucks is the one who removes the hair from her eyebrows, and the one who plucks is the one who removes the hair from the eyebrows of another, making this her profession, and the one who has them plucked is the one who requests this, asking the plucker to do it for her. Both are cursed in the hadith So the matter is serious. And if there is a defect in the eyebrows, or in one of them, a defect, then she goes to the doctor and he looks at it and treats it with what removes the disfigurement only. And bleaching the rest of the body hair is also not permissible, because it is a change without a cause, except if it is disfiguring. And this body hair is removed, even if it is healthy. She may remove the hair from her body, her hands, her legs, there is no harm in that. Her back, there is no harm in that. What is forbidden is tampering with the eyebrows. Yes.

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