Shaping/Plucking/Trimming the Eyebrows
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُمَرَ، حَفْصُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ الْوَاشِمَاتِ وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَاتِ وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ وَالْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ لِلْحُسْنِ الْمُغَيِّرَاتِ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ . فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ يَعْقُوبَ فَجَاءَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ . قَالَ وَمَالِي لاَ أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَهُوَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ قَالَتْ إِنِّي لأَقْرَأُ مَا بَيْنَ لَوْحَيْهِ فَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ . قَالَ إِنْ كُنْتِ قَرَأْتِهِ فَقَدْ وَجَدْتِهِ أَمَا قَرَأْتِ {وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا} قَالَتْ بَلَى . قَالَ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَدْ نَهَى عَنْهُ . قَالَتْ فَإِنِّي لأَظُنُّ أَهْلَكَ يَفْعَلُونَ . قَالَ اذْهَبِي فَانْظُرِي . فَذَهَبَتْ فَنَظَرَتْ فَلَمْ تَرَ مِنْ حَاجَتِهَا شَيْئًا . قَالَتْ مَا رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا . قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لَوْ كَانَتْ كَمَا تَقُولِينَ مَا جَامَعَتْنَا .
It was narrated that 'Abdulleh said: "The Messenger of Allah cursed the woman who does tattoos and the one who has them done, and those who pluck their eyebrows and file their teeth for the purpose of beautification, and those who change the creation of Allah." News of that reached a woman of Banu Asad who was called Umm Ya'qub. She came to him and said: "I have heard that you said such and such." He said: 'Why should I not curse those whom the Messenger of Allah cursed ? And it is in the Book of Allah.'' She said: "I read what is between its two covers 'and I have not found that." He said: "If you read it properly you would have found it. Have you not read the words: 'And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad) gives you, take it; and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it).'?" She said: "Of course." He said: 'The Messenger of Allah forbade that." She said: 'I think that your wife does it.' He said: " Go and look." So she went and looked and she did not see what she wanted. She said: "I have not seen anything!’ 'Abdullah said: "If she was as you say, I would not have kept her with me. " (1)
From the Ulama:
Sheikh Muhammad Bin Saaleh Al-‘Uthaymeen:
Question: What is the ruling on removing or shortening some of the extra hair from the eyebrows?
Answer: "Removing the hair from the eyebrows, if it is by plucking, then indeed it is An-Nams (removing facial hair). And indeed, the Prophet (ﷺ) cursed An-Naamisah (the woman who removes facial hair) and Al-Mutanamisah (the woman who asks for facial hair to be removed) and it is from the major sins.
And he (the Prophet ﷺ specified the woman because she is the one who mainly does it to beautify herself. Otherwise, if a man were to do it, he would (also) be cursed just as a woman is cursed – and refuge with Allah is sought.
And if it was by other than plucking, by cutting or shaving, then some of the people of knowledge are of the opinion that it is like plucking because it is changing the creation of Allah. So, there is no difference between whether it is plucking, cutting or shaving (with these people of knowledge). And without doubt this (opinion) is more cautious, so it is upon the person to stay away from that, whether it is a man or a woman."(2)
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Sheikh Saaleh Al-Fawzaan:
Question: What is the ruling on plucking the hair that is between the eyebrows and the hair that is on the face (of the woman)?
Answer: "As for the hair of the eyebrows, then it is not permissible to remove it by any means, not by plucking, nor by cutting and nor by removal, (not) by any means (at all).
This is because this is An-Nams (removal of the facial hair) for which the Prophet (ﷺ) cursed the one (the female) who did it, for indeed he (sallalahu alaihi wa sallam) cursed An-Naamisah (the woman who removes facial hair) and Al-Mutanamisah (the woman who asks for facial hair to be removed).
An-Naamisah: She is the one who cuts the hair (from the eyebrows) from her own self or from other than her.
Al-Mutanamisah: She is the one who requests other than herself to remove it (the hair) from her eyebrow.
And this is from the major sins, because an act of disobedience, if it is cursed because of (doing) it, it becomes from the major sins. And (also) because this is from changing Allah’s creation سبحانه وتعالى, about which Allah The Most High informed about that it is from the command of shaytaan:
“(Shaytaan said) And I will surely command them so that they will for a surety change the creation of Allah.” (Surah An-Nisa: 119)
And as for the removal of the hair from the rest of the face, then this is what is known amongst the scholars as Al-Haff (trimming/clipping). So this, if it disfigures the face, then there is no problem in removing it. As for if it is normal, (then) no attention should be paid (to it). And this (issue of the hair on the woman’s face), indeed the people of knowledge have differed over the ruling of it being removed.
So, from them are those who prohibited against it and regarded it as entering An-Nams, and from them are those who allowed it." (3)
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Sheikh Abdul Aziz ibn Baaz:
Question: What is the ruling on thinning the extra hair from the eyebrow?
Answer: "It is not permissible to take (out) the hair of the eyebrows, and nor to make them thinner, due to what has been established from the Prophet (sallalahu alaihi wa sallam) that he cursed An-Naamisah (the woman who removes facial hair) and Al-Mutanamisah (the woman who asks for facial hair to be removed). And indeed, the people of knowledge have explained that taking from the hair of the eyebrows is An-Nams (removal of the facial hair)." (4)
References:
Sunan Ibn Majah 1989 Book 9, Hadith 145
Fataawa Ash-Sheikh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (2/830-831) as mentioned in Al-Qawl-ul-Jameel Bi-Jami’ Fataawa-il-Mar’ah Fee Zeenati Wat-Tajmeel (Pp.77-78) compiled by Umm ‘Abdir-Rahmaan Bint ‘Abdillah Al-Asadee (Daar-ul-Athaar, 1st Edition ,Cairo, 2007)
Al-Muntaqa Min Fataawa Fadeelatish-Sheikh Saaleh Bin Fawzaan Bin Abdullah Al-Fawzaan, Vol.3, Pp.431-432, Daar-ul-Muayyid, 1st Edition, Riyaadh, 1425/2004
Fataawa-ul-Mar’ah (86) as mentioned in Al-Qawl-ul-Jameel Bi-Jami’ Fataawa-il-Mar’ah Fee Zeenati Wat-Tajmeel (Pp.78-79) compiled by Umm ‘Abdir-Rahmaan Bint ‘Abdillah Al-Asadee (Daar-ul-Athaar, 1st Edition, Cairo, 2007)
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