Ruling on the use of false eyelashes and nail polish before ritual purification
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Q66: The questioner, Munira from Riyadh, says: Some women use false eyelashes on their eyes, and they also put polish on their nails. Does this prevent water from reaching the skin?
A66: It is not permissible to use false eyelashes; because this is deception and fraud, and also this involves tampering with the natural eyelashes that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) created, and this is altering the creation of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Allah created eyelashes for her and created eyebrows for her and adorned her, so she wants to change the creation of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). All of this is from the dictation of Satan, and from imitating those who do not care about the Islamic legal etiquettes. And if these eyelashes cover the skin, and water does not reach the skin with the ablution and the full ritual bath, and likewise the polish on the nails hardens and prevents water from reaching what is underneath it, then it is not permissible, and her ritual purity is not valid; because a part of her skin remained that water did not reach due to these non-legitimate substances.
A66: It is not permissible to use false eyelashes; because this is deception and fraud, and also this involves tampering with the natural eyelashes that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) created, and this is altering the creation of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Allah created eyelashes for her and created eyebrows for her and adorned her, so she wants to change the creation of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). All of this is from the dictation of Satan, and from imitating those who do not care about the Islamic legal etiquettes. And if these eyelashes cover the skin, and water does not reach the skin with the ablution and the full ritual bath, and likewise the polish on the nails hardens and prevents water from reaching what is underneath it, then it is not permissible, and her ritual purity is not valid; because a part of her skin remained that water did not reach due to these non-legitimate substances.
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