The woman who has a beard on her face: is it in the public interest and to ward off harm for her to remove it, and likewise to shave it to return to her original state?
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The questioner : All right, Shaykh, if we wanted to frame this issue as a fatwa based on practical reality, this woman, if she remains with a beard, she will not get married. No one will marry her. So she might remain unmarried for her entire life. If it were said that the lesser harm is removed by the greater harm, following the objectives of the Shari'ah in removing hardship and distress and the like, would this type be an exception? Otherwise, the woman would be harmed and wronged, meaning.
The Shaykh : The harm that is said to be permissible to repel and remove, is it the harm arising from the servant or from his Lord? You have lost the point.
The questioner : No, whoever remains silent is safe.
The Shaykh : That is the point. It cannot be said unless the cause of the harm is the servant. In that case, he strives to remove it, and even then, it is restricted by the limits of "necessities permit the prohibited" and "necessity is measured by its extent." But this does not fall under that category. This is the creation of Allah. To remove the harm, meaning from Allah, we seek refuge in Allah. Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, another attempt from the same angle. Some jurists mention this, saying that if we permit her to shave this beard, it is only from the perspective of not imitating men, because her current reality is like that of a man. So she shaves to return to her original state, her fitrah, and the nature of her creation?
The Shaykh : The answer to this is the same as the previous answer. Is she imitating men, or is it Allah who made her resemble men?
The questioner : Allah the Exalted.
The Shaykh : The matter is settled. This is not within her ownership or her control. She did not do this to herself.
The questioner : The attempt has ended in failure.
The Shaykh : And I want another turn. From where do we say that she will live without a husband? Is it not logically and rationally possible that her husband might be beardless? Yes.
The Shaykh : The harm that is said to be permissible to repel and remove, is it the harm arising from the servant or from his Lord? You have lost the point.
The questioner : No, whoever remains silent is safe.
The Shaykh : That is the point. It cannot be said unless the cause of the harm is the servant. In that case, he strives to remove it, and even then, it is restricted by the limits of "necessities permit the prohibited" and "necessity is measured by its extent." But this does not fall under that category. This is the creation of Allah. To remove the harm, meaning from Allah, we seek refuge in Allah. Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, another attempt from the same angle. Some jurists mention this, saying that if we permit her to shave this beard, it is only from the perspective of not imitating men, because her current reality is like that of a man. So she shaves to return to her original state, her fitrah, and the nature of her creation?
The Shaykh : The answer to this is the same as the previous answer. Is she imitating men, or is it Allah who made her resemble men?
The questioner : Allah the Exalted.
The Shaykh : The matter is settled. This is not within her ownership or her control. She did not do this to herself.
The questioner : The attempt has ended in failure.
The Shaykh : And I want another turn. From where do we say that she will live without a husband? Is it not logically and rationally possible that her husband might be beardless? Yes.
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