Ruling on a woman removing hair from her legs and above the lips
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This is a message we received from Baghdad, Iraq. It says: Your sister in Islam, who did not mention her name or any identifying details, asks that this message be presented to your eminence, Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz. She asks: Is it permissible in the Shari'ah for an unmarried woman to remove the hair on her legs and above her lips? We know that the place of this hair is imitating men. Is it permissible to remove the visible hair in these areas, or is it not permissible?
Answer: As for the legs, I do not know of anything regarding them. I do not know of any harm in it. As for what is on the lips, it is likewise removed; because it is a mustache, and the mustache is for men, so leaving it is a form of imitating men. Therefore, if hair grows on the lip in the place of the mustache, it is better to remove it so that there is no imitation of men. Yes.
Answer: As for the legs, I do not know of anything regarding them. I do not know of any harm in it. As for what is on the lips, it is likewise removed; because it is a mustache, and the mustache is for men, so leaving it is a form of imitating men. Therefore, if hair grows on the lip in the place of the mustache, it is better to remove it so that there is no imitation of men. Yes.
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