Ruling on Shaving the Hair on the Legs
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible for a man to shave the hair on his legs?
Answer:
Yes, there is nothing wrong with it. There is nothing wrong with shaving or removing the body hair using a razor. Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) used to do this with a razor on his body. There is nothing wrong with it. What is forbidden is taking the beard and the mustache; that is what is forbidden to take. As for the rest, and likewise the eyebrows for a woman, that is forbidden to take. Other than that, there is nothing wrong with it. The head may be shaved; there is nothing wrong with shaving it. The body hair is removed, just like the head hair. Just as you remove the hair from your head, you remove the hair from the rest of your body. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible for a man to shave the hair on his legs?
Answer:
Yes, there is nothing wrong with it. There is nothing wrong with shaving or removing the body hair using a razor. Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) used to do this with a razor on his body. There is nothing wrong with it. What is forbidden is taking the beard and the mustache; that is what is forbidden to take. As for the rest, and likewise the eyebrows for a woman, that is forbidden to take. Other than that, there is nothing wrong with it. The head may be shaved; there is nothing wrong with shaving it. The body hair is removed, just like the head hair. Just as you remove the hair from your head, you remove the hair from the rest of your body. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب : فضل التوحيد وما يكفر من الذنوب — islamhouse.com (1:03:02)
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