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Adorning oneself for one’s husband

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Q: I want to know that if a woman is observing a Shar’ee purdah, is it permissible for her to groom herself in this manner like threading her eyebrows and dying her hair in order to receive extra attention from her husband?

Bismillaah

A: It is permissible for her to adorn and beautify herself for her husband provided it is within the limits of Shari’ah. Shaping or plucking the eyebrows is not permissible in Islam even if it is done for the husband. The Hadith has cursed the one who shapes the eyebrows. However if the hair is overgrown, then removing the overgrown hair and making it look normal is permissible.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما  قال لعنت الواصلة والمستوصلة والنامصة والمتنمصة والواشمة والمستوشمة من غير داء . قال أبو داود وتفسير الواصلة التى تصل الشعر بشعر النساء والمستوصلة المعمول بها والنامصة التى تنقش الحاجب حتى ترقه والمتنمصة المعمول بها والواشمة التى تجعل الخيلان فى وجهها بكحل أو مداد والمستوشمة المعمول بها (ابو داود ر#4172)

وفي تبيين المحارم إزالة الشعر من الوجه حرام إلا إذا نبت للمرأة لحية أو شوارب فلا تحرم إزالته بل تستحب اه وفي التاترخانية عن المضمرات ولا بأس بأخذ الحاجبين وشعر وجهه ما لم يشبه المخنث اه ومثله في المجتبى (رد المحتار 6/ 373)

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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