Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh
All praise and gratitude are due to Allah SWT. May the blessings and peace of Allah SWT be upon His Messenger PBUH.
In Islam, it is generally haram to change the creation of Allah. This is something that Iblees swore by Allah SWT that he will make human beings do. This is clearly mentioned in Surat Al-Nisaa: “…and I will command them so they will change the creation of Allah.” [Qu’ran 4:119]. Removing eyebrow hairs is one such example.
This is further supported by a Hadith of the Prophet PBUH: “cursed…is the woman who pulls out hair for other people and the woman who depilates (her brows).” [ Abu-Dawood]. Here, ‘depilation’ refers to removing hair on the body. There is an Islamic principle that, in some cases, what is impermissible for women is also impermissible for men. In this case, it is impermissible for men and women alike.
On the other hand, some scholars have allowed some cleaning around the brows in order to revert the brows to how they would normally look, with a strict condition not to go beyond making it appear normal. For example, styling brows is haram. Returning eyebrows (such as brows which are bushy) to how they would normally look is an example of something which is usually haram becoming halal in certain circumstances where it is considered a necessity.
And Allah knows best.
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Is it haram to remove eyebrow hairs if they are bushy and make you self-conscious and insecure?
Written by Sheikh Dr Abdel-Nasser Saleh
- Post author By baseerahforum21
- Post date 25 Jan 2022
