Text copied Link copied

Al-Fatawa – home

﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

Scholar
Search mode

Ruling on a woman removing facial hair and excess eyebrow hair

Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
What is the ruling on removing facial hair, and the excess hair found on the ends of the eyebrows?

Answer:
If there is excess hair on the face that disfigures the appearance, such as a beard for a woman or a mustache for a woman, it is removed. However, ordinary hair is not removed; this is called *nimas*. Likewise, the eyebrows are not touched; because this is the *nimas* for which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who does it:
He cursed the women who pluck their eyebrows and those who have it doneلعن النامصات والمتنمصات
. It is taking the hair of the eyebrows or the hair of the face that does not disfigure, but is ordinary hair.
Source binbaz.org.sa

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

Similar fatwas