Is it permissible for a woman to remove the hair from her arms and legs? (And the Shaykh mentioned the signs of puberty)

The questioner : They asked us, regarding the girls, about cleaning the hair on the legs or the hair on the hands. Is it permissible to use what is called plucking, or ointments, or shaving?

The Shaykh : No

The questioner : Nor is shaving permissible.

The Shaykh : Shaving, nor plucking, because the Shari'ah has warned with the strongest warning against changing what Allah has not permitted to be changed. Or, as stated in the authentic hadith: In another hadith: He mentioned, for example: This is plucking that is permitted. These are things that Allah created and permitted to be dealt with within certain limits. For example, He did not permit shaving the beard, but He permitted trimming the mustache and the edge of the lips, and not shaving it as some of the Sufis do. Likewise, every person usually grows hair under the armpits and in the private area, so He permitted changing this thing, and indeed He made this change part of the fitrah (the innate natural disposition): plucking the armpit hair, shaving the pubic hair, and trimming the nails. The scholars differed on the ruling of these things which the Wise Lawgiver considered part of the fitrah: does it mean that they are obligatory? Or is the Muslim given a choice in them, and it is not obligatory for him to implement them, but it is better that he implement them, and if he does not, he is not sinful? There are two opinions on this issue.
The Shaykh: Some say it is obligatory, and this is the truth, and there is no ambiguity in it. And some say it is a sunnah (recommended practice). I cannot imagine a Muslim who thinks about what is said and imagines a Muslim who lives from the day he reaches the age of accountability—and this is indicated by many signs and markers regarding the age of puberty, some of which are apparent and some are hidden. The apparent one, for example, is that the boy's voice becomes deep when he reaches the age of men. As for the hidden thing, which is clearer in indicating puberty, it is the growth of pubic hair. Therefore, it came in the authentic Sunnah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he fought the Jews of Banu Quraizah and Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) helped him against them, they submitted to the judgment of Sa'd ibn Mu'adh the Ansari, because he was their ally. So Sa'd came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was wounded on his mount; he had been injured in his elbow and shoulder. He came to judge between the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Jews, as they had accepted him as a judge. He ruled that their men should be killed and their women and children taken as captives. One of them said, "Do you know the name of the boy from Banu Quraizah who was saved from being killed?" They did not know if he had reached the age of accountability to be included with the men and have his head cut off, or to be included with the female captives because he had not reached the age of accountability? ... So they uncovered his private part, and they did not find that he had grown hair, so he was saved from being killed, and he became a Muslim. The hadith is narrated about him now, but I forgot his name, so-and-so al-Qurazi.

The questioner : Muhammad ibn Ka'b?

The Shaykh : It is possible, by Allah, that it is him. The point is, this hair which Allah (Mighty and Majestic) grew in that place for a wisdom, of which you have just heard a part, He made shaving it part of the fitrah. So I cannot imagine a person who thinks about the consequence of the one who says that shaving there and plucking here is a sunnah: if you do it, you are rewarded, and if you leave it, you are not sinful! How can we imagine a boy from the day he reached the age of accountability and the hair of his armpits began to grow and lengthen, and the hair of his pubic area likewise, until he dies at the age of sixty or seventy, that he has become a beard instead of one beard, two beards under the armpits, and a beard longer than it is there?! This is not reasonable! Added to that is another aspect of the fitrah: trimming the nails. So if it were said that this is a sunnah and he left his nails and did not trim them for his whole life, he would become a beast and not a human! It is sufficient to imagine this opinion to judge that it is invalid (batil). And therefore, I have said more than once that there is a Gospel wisdom. They mention in the Gospel that Isa (peace be upon him) was preaching and reminding his disciples one day, and among what he reminded them of was: meaning our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), They said: "O Spirit of Allah, how do we know the truthful from the liar?" He said: So I have benefited from this wisdom in some disputed issues. I consider the fruit of the opinion, whether it is good or bad, as a distinguishing proof for the stronger position (rajih) over the weaker position (marjuh). So here, for example, there are two opinions: or They differed, some saying it means obligatory, and some saying no, it is a sunnah: if you do it, you are rewarded, and if you leave it, there is nothing on you. How is this reasonable?! And this will become a beast if he does not do it. Likewise, the Bedouin man whose story you all know, when he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him what Allah had made obligatory for him, he mentioned to him the five prayers, the month of fasting in Ramadan, and so on. And in each one he said: "O Messenger of Allah, is there anything else on me?" He said: He said: "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I will not add to them or subtract from them." He said:
The Shaykh: So, if we assume that a person lived in Islam and did not perform anything but the obligatory acts, we would say, may Allah reward him with good, and if Allah wills, he is able to perform all the obligatory acts he was commanded to do, and refrain from all the forbidden things he was prohibited from. But is it reasonable for such a person, who vowed to himself not to add to the obligatory acts, to leave these sunnahs of the fitrah which the jurists call such, and live as if he were one of the animals, with nails like a cat's and hair of the ugliest appearance?! I do not imagine a person would say this. So this The fruit of the opinion that performing the sunnahs of the fitrah is obligatory is that the person remains clean and beautiful, a human chosen by Allah (Mighty and Majestic), as you heard in the sermon, chosen by Him over what He created, and He preferred him over much of His creation with a special preference. So it is not reasonable that the other opinion, that it is a sunnah, is correct; rather, it is wrong.
The Shaykh: We have strayed a little from what we were addressing, which is that among the sunnahs of the fitrah is changing some of the things that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) created, like this hair growing in the armpits, and similar to what was mentioned before. But changing other things that Allah did not permit is not from the fitrah. Because we say, if this were from the fitrah, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would have mentioned it. This is first.
The Shaykh: And secondly, he warned his Ummah with the strongest warning against changing the creation of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) without His permission. We began by speaking about the fitrah because we say this is the creation of Allah, and yet Allah commanded its change: trimming the nails is a change, and so on, as mentioned before. But on the contrary, he said: He explained the reason for this severe ruling: If we know this hadith, we return to your question: is there a dispensation (rukhsah) for a hairy woman who grows thick hair on her leg or on her arm? Is she permitted to pluck and shave this hair? We say: No, because she falls under this hadith: As if a questioner said, "Why, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: Why does she pluck the hair of her arm? Why does she pluck the hair of her leg? For beauty and improvement. Here, some... I do not say... Yes.