What is the ruling on reducing the hair of the eyebrows?
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Question
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What is the ruling on reducing the hair of the eyebrows?
Answer :
Praise be to Allaah.
If that is done by means of plucking, then it is haraam, and indeed it is one
of the major sins, because it is the “namas”
for which the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed the
one who does it. But if it is done by cutting or shaving, then it was regarded
as makrooh by some scholars and forbidden by others who regarded it as a kind
of “namas”. They said: “ ‘Namas’
does not only mean plucking, rather it is a general word which includes all
ways of changing the hair for which Allaah has not granted permission, if it
is on the face.” But what we think is that women should not do that unless
the hair of the eyebrows is so thick that it hangs down over the eyes and
affects her vision, in which case it is o.k. to remove that which is causing
the problem.
Shaykh
Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, part 3, p. 866 (www.islam-qa.com)
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