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Can a woman voluntarily remove hair from her arm to increase her beauty?

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Shortened Question:

Can a woman voluntarily remove hair from her arm to increase her beauty?

Question:

Can a woman/girl remove hair from her arm to establish her beauty in a woman to woman culture, as well as to participating in marriage occasion?

Answer:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

It is permissible for a female to remove hair from her arms.[1]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mufti Saeed Ahmed Golaub

Islamic Solutions

Jamaica

[1]:نَتْفُ الْفَنْبَكَيْنِ بِدْعَةٌ وَهُمَا جَانِبَا الْعَنْفَقَةِ وَهِيَ شَعْرُ الشَّفَةِ السُّفْلَى كَذَا فِي الْغَرَائِبِ وَلَا يَنْتِفُ أَنْفَهُ لِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ يُورِثُ الْأَكِلَةَ وَفِي حَلْقِ شَعْرِ الصَّدْرِ وَالظَّهْرِ تَرْكُ الْأَدَبِ كَذَا فِي الْقُنْيَةِ اهـ ط (قَوْلُهُ وَالسُّنَّةُ فِيهَا الْقَبْضَةُ) وَهُوَ أَنْ يَقْبِضَ الرَّجُلُ لِحْيَتَهُ فَمَا زَادَ مِنْهَا عَلَى قَبْضَةٍ قَطَعَهُ الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار) (6 / 407)

This answer was collected from IslamicSolutions.org, which is operated by Mufti Saeed Ahmed Golaub from Jamaica. He’s a student of Mufti Ebrahim Desai (rah) from South Africa.

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