If a woman has hair on her chin and beard and has become resembling men; is it permissible for her to pluck it out?

The questioner : If a woman has hair on her chin or beard and has become resembling men; is it permissible for her to remove it or pluck it out, or is this considered plucking eyebrows?

The Shaykh : As for this hesitation between the chin and the beard, this is a strange matter. If it had remained with the first option, that would have been better, regarding her chin. As for the hair on her beard, she does not have a beard until... The problem is that one of the common errors is that the chin means the beard, and the meaning of this or its consequence is that a woman does not have a chin. The truth is, if she did not have a chin, she would not have lived, nor eaten, nor drunk. But the chin is what? It is the place of the beard. And the question is clear, of course. In the past, some scholars addressed this problem: a woman may grow a beard for a wisdom from Allah; so what does she do? There is no doubt that scholars differed on this strange phenomenon. Some of them say that she has the right to shave it, or even to pluck it out. And some of them say—and we are with these people—that Allah (Mighty and Majestic), as He said: =
"You do not see in the creation of Allah any..."

The questioner : .

The Shaykh : "You do not see in the creation of the Most Merciful any disparity." Yes?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : = , so when we see a woman with a beard, we fully recall an elderly man without a beard. This is the creation of Allah and this is the creation of Allah, and what is between them—which is the majority of people, women and men—men with beards and women without beards; or: Our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) did not create the beardless man in vain, and consequently, He did not create the bearded woman in vain. If we remember this reality—and it is self-evident to every Muslim who believes in Allah (Mighty and Majestic)—if the matter is so, then we must leave things as Allah created them; because this is the creation after which there is no creation; that is: the good creation. Therefore, the opinion that it is permissible, or the fatwa that it is permissible for this woman to shave this beard, is like the opinion that it is permissible to adopt a false beard for one who has no beard. Why do people today—we know and see many men who do not have beards—have you heard that any of them put on a beard in the manner of the English Lords? They have traditions there; our Lord creates them as He always creates men with beards, so they shave them. When the time comes for their private council, the House of Lords, to convene, they put false beards on their chins. So your Lord created you with beards, then you return to them, why after shaving them? We have not seen a man adopt a false beard, and Allah gave him one; why? Because the prevailing environment we live in does not like beards; beards are detested. So this man himself can praise his Lord, and say from the bottom of his heart when he stands in front of the mirror: , and the matter generally is that this was the state of human beings, the men among them. But in any case, our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) did not create anything in vain. Just as we treat men by leaving them as their Lord created them, so too with women, exactly. This is my opinion and my belief, stemming from my observation that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) did not create anything in vain. So how is it when there is a beard regarding plucking eyebrows? , and this text is general and absolute; whether it is in the eyebrows, or in the cheeks, or in the lip, or in the beard; all of this falls within the generality of his (peace be upon him) saying: .
Other than that?

The questioner : Even if it is on the legs?

Another questioner: Of course.

The Shaykh : As long as it has come down to the bottom, the problem is for the top, not the bottom [Everyone laughs!]. I am joking!
...And after: For some reason or for some wisdom, I forgot the book of the lesson today in the library. Then a path opened up before me, and I was walking on the path, searching, as long as I have traversed it, it is not new to you; and it is the question about the woman if she is hairy, or if a beard has grown on her. The question came to me like this while I was walking on the path, so I answered it with what I am obligated to Allah with, that it is not permissible for a woman, let alone a man, to touch his beard with harm.