What is the ruling on women going to the hairdresser?
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The questioner : A questioner asks: What is the ruling on women going to the hairdresser, knowing that some of them compare it to the hairdresser who was in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?
The Shaykh : Yes, first we must know what a hairdresser is? It is a hairdresser, not a "kover" or what? Hairdresser, yes, it is an Arabized word, but.
The questioner : It is an Arabized word.
The Shaykh : It is an Arabized word, and its original form. Is it "kover" or what? Who knows the Arabic language?
The student: "Koufira"
The Shaykh : No, it is not "Koufira"
The student: What is known to us is "Koufira"
The Shaykh : Yes, but they say it is an Arabized form of what?
The student: "Koufira," meaning like shaving.
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah, do women shave, meaning?
The student: Yes, they shave the eyebrows.
The Shaykh : O Allah, guide us among those You have guided. No, my brothers, teach me, what is this hairdresser? Does it mean combing, or what?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : It means beautification, meaning.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah. Well, if the matter is as he said, then if the beautification is permissible beautification, there is no harm in it, and this is the combing that was in the time of the Messenger (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him). But if it is forbidden, then it is not permissible. For example, if it is as the brother said, that she tattoos the hair of the face with a needle, then this is forbidden and one of the major sins, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) and "namus" is plucking the hair of the face, and it is said generally, but we say plucking the hair of the face is a known matter that it is "namus." But sometimes a woman has hairs appear in the place of the mustache, so that her mustache turns green in some cases, so there is no harm in removing such hairs with the known oils that remove hair.
As for the rest of the body, if its hair is removed, it is a matter of consideration. Some scholars said it is not permissible because this falls under the saying of Allah the Exalted about Satan:[An-Nisa 4:119] And some of them permitted it.
The Shaykh : Yes, first we must know what a hairdresser is? It is a hairdresser, not a "kover" or what? Hairdresser, yes, it is an Arabized word, but.
The questioner : It is an Arabized word.
The Shaykh : It is an Arabized word, and its original form. Is it "kover" or what? Who knows the Arabic language?
The student: "Koufira"
The Shaykh : No, it is not "Koufira"
The student: What is known to us is "Koufira"
The Shaykh : Yes, but they say it is an Arabized form of what?
The student: "Koufira," meaning like shaving.
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah, do women shave, meaning?
The student: Yes, they shave the eyebrows.
The Shaykh : O Allah, guide us among those You have guided. No, my brothers, teach me, what is this hairdresser? Does it mean combing, or what?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : It means beautification, meaning.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah. Well, if the matter is as he said, then if the beautification is permissible beautification, there is no harm in it, and this is the combing that was in the time of the Messenger (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him). But if it is forbidden, then it is not permissible. For example, if it is as the brother said, that she tattoos the hair of the face with a needle, then this is forbidden and one of the major sins, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family)
May Allah curse the one who plucks her eyebrows and the one who has her eyebrows plucked
لعن النامصة والمتنمصةAs for the rest of the body, if its hair is removed, it is a matter of consideration. Some scholars said it is not permissible because this falls under the saying of Allah the Exalted about Satan: