Does plucking the leg hair fall under the category of plucking the eyebrows?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on a woman removing the hair from her legs?
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no difference in that. The answer to this issue can be derived from the reasoning provided in the hadith, because the scholars actually appear to have a disagreement regarding what he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Does this mean plucking the eyebrows only, or does it mean the eyebrows and the face only, or is the plucking general?
You will find some commentators mentioning the eyebrows: meaning for their eyebrows. You will find other commentators who add to that, saying and their faces. And you will find commentators other than these who state the general ruling, and this is the correct view if we look at the aforementioned reasoning: . There is no difference between a woman changing the creation of Allah in her eyebrow by plucking it or shaving it, and her plucking her cheeks, and her plucking the hair on her legs. All of this falls within the generality of his statement (peace and blessings be upon him): . Therefore, no one should be misled by what they may find in some books interpreting the plucking of eyebrows as plucking the eyebrows or the face, and then stopping there and understanding by the opposite implication that anything else is permissible. In that case, it is not based on any religious evidence whatsoever; rather, it contradicts the reasoning mentioned at the end of the hadith. First, it is an addition that contradicts the generality of the hadith where he said: . He did not say "those who pluck their eyebrows, their faces, or their arms," but rather he used a general term. The general term should remain general until a restriction comes to restrict it, despite the fact that no such restriction exists in any of the hadiths narrated from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The reasoning mentioned at the end of the hadith confirms this generality: as we have explained and elaborated.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no difference in that. The answer to this issue can be derived from the reasoning provided in the hadith, because the scholars actually appear to have a disagreement regarding what he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
May Allah curse those who pluck their eyebrows
لعن الله النامصاتYou will find some commentators mentioning the eyebrows:
