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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible for a woman to pluck the hair of her eyebrows?

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The questioner : Is it permissible, as we know, to pluck the hair that connects a woman's eyebrows...

The Shaykh : It is not permissible, and our Lord, Mighty and Majestic, as He said:
This is the creation of Allah, so show me what those who are besides Him have createdهذا خلق الله فأروني ماذا الذي خلق الذين من دونه
And our Lord creates any person, male or female, as He wills, and all of this is with profound wisdom. For example, He created a woman with eyebrows that meet.
And your Lord creates what He wills and chooses. It was not for them to have the choice. Glory to Allah, Exalted is He, above what they associateوربك يخلق ما يشاء ويختار ما كان لهم الخيرة سبحان الله وتعالى عما يشركون
The questioner : Connected.The Shaykh : Yes. So it is not permissible for her to change the creation of Allah. Another woman is created with thick eyebrows, and let us say, coarse ones, especially for some women with coarse minds. She comes and scrutinizes the eyebrow, shaves it, and plucks it until it becomes like the line of the crescent. This is all changing the creation of Allah. In fact, it is forbidden. In fact, it is one of the major sins, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family): "May Allah curse the women who pluck the eyebrows and those who have it done, the women who tattoo and those who have it done, and the women who file their teeth and change the creation of Allah for beauty." She does this to separate the eyebrows for beauty, in her opinion, so she is cursed.

The questioner : Our Shaykh, some say that in the Arabic language, "namas" (plucking) means plucking the hair of the eyebrows?

The Shaykh : That is incorrect. This is a lie.

The questioner : A lie about the language, or a lie?

The Shaykh : A lie about the language. "Namas" in weight and meaning, and "natf" in weight and meaning. "Namas" is three letters: nun, mim, sad. "Natf" is three letters: nun, ta, fa. So they are the same in weight and meaning.

The questioner : Meaning: synonyms? The same meaning?

The Shaykh : Yes, synonyms.

Another questioner : Does everything fall under this?

The Shaykh : Everything that falls under this which Allah has not permitted. If this were specific, how did he say:
Five things are of the fitrah خمس من الفطرة
and he mentioned plucking the armpit? This is an Arabic, indeed Prophetic, usage: that plucking is not limited to the eyebrows.

The questioner : The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) excepted the pubic hair and the armpit.

The Shaykh : No, he excepted the armpit, because regarding the pubic hair, he did not say "plucking the pubic hair." He said:
and shaving the pubic hair وحلق العانة
But the point is:
Five things are of the fitrah خمس من الفطرة
he mentioned from them: plucking the armpit. So how can it be said that plucking is specific to the eyebrows?!
Source www.al-albany.com

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