am i allowed?

[xo.gold-digga.ox]

i wanted to ask can a girl/woman do her eyebrows, upper lips or face?

by that i mean any of plucking, threading, shaving, waxing, etc?
i was told i can thread but women arent supposed to use metal on their body? is that true and why if anyone knows?
one person i asked said i could do anything because it doesnt say in the quran that you cant do it?

 

[ShyHijabi]

Salaam sister,

This has been covered in the sister's sensitive area and bsically the fiqh is thus:

1. You are not permitted to remove your eyebrows by any means. Some scholars say you can remove the hair between the eyebrows as this is not considered part of the eyebrow.

http://www.islam-qa.com/index.php?ref=22393&ln=eng

2. There is no restriction on removal of other body hair. I don't know why some people think you can't use metal to remove body hair (such as a razor) but there is no Islamic basis to this.

Wasalaam

~Sarah

 

[amjaddamen]

Salaam sister,

This has been covered in the sister's sensitive area and bsically the fiqh is thus:

1. You are not permitted to remove your eyebrows by any means. Some scholars say you can remove the hair between the eyebrows as this is not considered part of the eyebrow.

http://www.islam-qa.com/index.php?ref=22393&ln=eng

2. There is no restriction on removal of other body hair. I don't know why some people think you can't use metal to remove body hair (such as a razor) but there is no Islamic basis to this.

Wasalaam

~Sarah

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
seconded
about meatal razors , you can use freely (no haram).
the speech in the prophet (pbuh) was according the muslims knowledge at that time,now , hajj was conducted on camels that time ,so do you think that who goes to hajj by ,say , by car is against prophet rulings ? definitely no .
those who say : do not use metal things refer to this hadeeth

Narrated Abu Huraira :

I heard the Prophet saying. "Five practices are characteristics of the Fitra: circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, cutting the moustaches short, clipping the nails, and depilating the hair of the armpits."


depilating the hair of the armpits : in arabic , as no brown razors were there,
it meant using bare hands .
only once in my life i used my bare hands to (depilate the hair of my armpits)
i did not do it again after i asked and told that it ok to use any mean to accomplish that.
والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

 

[ohhockleng]

Narrated Abu Huraira :

I heard the Prophet saying. "Five practices are characteristics of the Fitra: circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, cutting the moustaches short, clipping the nails, and depilating the hair of the armpits."

Assalamualaikum, may I know what does fitra means?

 

[Abu Abdillah]

Assalamualaikum, may I know what does fitra means?

:salam2:

Fitra means the original human nature as created by Allāh Subhānahū wa Ta‘ālā. Its main characteristic is the understanding that there is only One Creator, Allāh Who is worthy of worship. So “everyone is born on fitra” means everyone is born a Muslim, then Christians turn their children to Christianity, and so on.

As explained in a authentich hadith in Sahih Muslim (Book 033, Number 6426):

The Prophet said, "No baby is born but upon Fitra (as a Muslim). It is his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian or a Polytheist."

Islam is the religion of all Prophets, Adam to Muhammad. Children are not born out of any sin, original, inherited or derived. They are born on the religion of their nature, i.e., Islam.

In Soorah Al-A'raaf, Verses 172-173; Allah explained that when He created Adam, He caused all of Adam's descendants to come into existence and took a pledge from them saying, Am I not your Lord? To which they all replied, " Yes, we testify to It:'

Allah then explained why He had all of mankind bear witness that He is their creator and only true God worthy of worship. He said, "That was In case you (mankind) should say on the day of Resurrection, "Verily we were unaware of all this."

That is to say, we had no idea that You Allah, were our God. No one told us that we were only supposed to worship You alone. Allah went on to explain That it was also In case you should say, "Certainly It was our ancestors who made partners (With Allah) and we are only their descendants; will You then destroy us for what those liars did?"

Thus, every child is born with a natural belief in Allah and an inborn inclination to worship Him alone called in Arabic the "Fitrah".

If the child were left alone, he would worship Allah in his own way, but all children are affected by those things around them, seen or unseen.

The Prophet reported that Allah said,

"I created my servants in the right religion but devils made them go astray". The Prophet (PBUH) also said, "Each child is born in a state of "Fitrah", then his parents make him a Jew, Christian or a Zoroastrian, the way an animal gives birth to a normal offspring. Have you noticed any that were born mutilated?" (Collected by Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim).

So, just as the child submits to the physical laws which Allah has put in nature, his soul also submits naturally to the fact that Allah is his Lord and Creator.

But, his parents try to make him follow their own way and the child is not strong enough in the early stages of his life to resist or oppose the will of his parents. The religion which the child follows at this stage is one of custom and upbringing and Allah does not hold him to account or punish him for this religion.

 

[amjaddamen]

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
i hope my translation will be good :
Fitra : is the natural characteristics found in human. Human is born with it and not taught to him by others ( like his parents ).

Examples of fitra :born muslim , chasing the truth ,incline toward good and evil ,incline toward beauty
i hope it clear
واسلام عليكم

 

[Almeftah]

it is not permitted to do the eyebrows, other than that you are free to do what you want with your body (eccept the Pubic hair must be shaved) or face.

Shaving Pubic Hair and armpits

I am a recent convert and confused about shaving my pubic area. Does this mean that I should shave scrotum and the anal area also? Is plucking the hairs better than shaving? Is this also true for the under-arms? How often should I do this to these areas?

Reply

According to the Sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh) every adult Muslim, as a part of keeping his/her body clean, should remove the hair on his pubic area and that which grows under his armpits. This hair may be removed through any method that one feels comfortable with. A person should not let this hair grow for more than (around) forty days, as has been reported in a number of narratives ascribed to the Prophet (pbuh).

The ultmate objective of all Islamic teachings is to cleanse the human body, soul and mind. According to the Qur’an, only those people shall qualify for the everlasting bliss in the hereafter who try to cleanse themselves during the life of this world. It must be clearly understood that your question pertains to that part of Islamic teachings that relates with the cleansing of the human body, and therefore requires a cautious attitude on our part.

May Allah guide us all to the path of His liking.

Regards and prayers.

According to a group of scholars, shaping one’s eyebrows is considered forbidden, and they cite the following statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “Allah has cursed women who tattoo their bodies, wear false hair, those who pluck their eyebrows, and those who artificially widen gaps between their teeth.” They say that shaping the eyebrows or trimming them falls under the same rule.

As opposed to the above, other scholars consider shaping eyebrows or trimming them to be permissible. They say that the prohibition in the above hadith specifically refers to plucking eyebrows, and it is prohibited because it is akin to mutilation, and also it is more likely to result in defaming one’s face. As opposed to this, shaping the eyebrows if they are excessively long or thinning them if they are excessively thick, is enhancing Allah’s creation rather than mutilating it. Its analogy, therefore, is to trimming the mustache or cutting hair, and so on, which are not only permissible but may also be recommended.

In light of the above, according to these scholars, it is considered permissible to shape or trim one’s eyebrows if they are excessively long or thick for the purpose of appearing neat and tidy.

 

[Learning_19]

Sister XO-Gold

Bismillaah.

Assalaamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh.

Hope your well uktie.

I read your question above. Ma sha Allaah good question.

First of all for the person who said to you --> ''you could do anything
because it doesn't say in the Qur'an that you cant do it''.

That is totally wrong. Reason being sister is that Allaah may not state
something in the Qur'an but He can reveal His order or prohibition through
the Prophet . As He (The Most High) stated in the Qu'ran:
''And Whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad ) gives you
take it; and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it).
[Surah Al-Hashr:V:7]

Sis have a look at this hadeeth. Narrated by 'Alqamah: 'Abdullah
(bin Mas'ud) said. ''Allaah curses those ladies who practise tatooing
and those who get themselves tatooed, and those ladies who get their
hair removed from their eyebrows abd faces except the beard and
moustache, and those who make artificial spaces between their teeth
in order to look more beautiful whereby they change Allaah's creation.''

His saying reached a lady from banu Asad, called Umm Ya'qub,
who came (to A'Abdullah) and said, '' I have come to know that you
have cursed such and such (ladies)?'' He replied, ''Why should i not
curse those whom Allaah's messenger has cursed and who are
(cursed) in Allaah's Book!'' Umm Ya'qub said, ''I have read the whole
Qur'an, but I did not find in it what you say.'' He said, verily, if you
read it (i.e.the Qur'an), you have found it. Didn't you read:
''And whatsoever the messenger (Muhammad ) gives you, take it
and whatsoever he forbids you,abstain (from it).'' (V.59:7)

She replied ''Yes, I did.'' He said, Verily, Allaah's messenger
forbade such things.'' She said, ''But I see your wife doing these things?''
He said, ''Go and watch her.'' She went and watched her but could not
see anything in support of her statement. On that he said,
''If my wife was as you thought, I would not keep her in my company
(i.e., I would divorce her).'' [Sahih Al-Bukhari, 6/4886 (O.P.408)]

So you see sister the verse and the hadeeth are linked together as they
support one another. You can find this hadeeth also in the The Noble
Qur'an (translated english) in the footnote of [Surah Hashr:V.7].
So whomsoever told you regarding removing the hair from the eyebrow
---> Quote > ''you could do anything because it doesn't say in the
Qur'an that you cant do it''. This is totally wrong sis.
And Allaah knows Best!

As for not using metal on the body then one has to provide proof for
this. As in Islaam everything is allowed unless there is a text from the
Qur'an or Sunnah saying else wise. We do not go by our
own thinking or understanding making the halal haram and vice versa.
I hope you can understand the point i'm trying to make here sis,
in sha Allaah. So those people when they tell you that you can't
do this or you can't do that, they need to give you proof from either
the Qur'an or the Sunnah, otherwise they should refrain from speaking
without sure knowledge.

So as from the hadeeth i'm sure you have come to know that removing
the hair from the eyebrow is not allowed. Shaikh ibn Jibreen said:
''It is not allowed to remove some of the eyebrow hairs, nor shave
them off,nor trim them,nor pluck them, even if the husban is pleased
with that. It is not a beautification act. Instead, it is changing the
creation of Allaah and Allaah is the best of creators''.
You can find this fatwah in the book called Islamic Fatwah Regarding
Women.Compiled by Muhammad bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Musnad.
Page 278 - Q.257.

Some of our ullamah have said that the hair in between (the joining hair)
--> she can remove enough of those hair to separate the eyebrows
as this excess of hair would have impact on her natural beauty.
As sometimes that some sisters have a lot of hair on the eyebrows
such as they seem to REALLY join each other over the nose,
not joining in the imagination of the sister but in reality!

To remove the hair from the upper lip is allowed, as some of the scholars
have said. and Allah know Best.

The main point in all this is not to do anything by vanity but only
do when there is a strong need and a cause. Wallahu 'Alam.

May Allaah forgive me if i have said anything wrong, aameen.

Take care sister.

was-salaamu 'alaykum.