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Removing Hair for Beauty

20 Dhul Qa'dah 1435 | 15 September 2014

Shortened Question

Can a woman voluntarily remove hair from her arm to increase her beauty?

Question

Can a woman/girl remove hair from her arm to establish her beauty in a woman to woman culture, as well as to participating in marriage occasion?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

It is permissible for a female to remove hair from her arms.[1]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mufti Saeed Ahmed Golaub

Islamic Solutions

Jamaica

References

[1]:نَتْفُ الْفَنْبَكَيْنِ بِدْعَةٌ وَهُمَا جَانِبَا الْعَنْفَقَةِ وَهِيَ شَعْرُ الشَّفَةِ السُّفْلَى كَذَا فِي الْغَرَائِبِ وَلَا يَنْتِفُ أَنْفَهُ لِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ يُورِثُ الْأَكِلَةَ وَفِي حَلْقِ شَعْرِ الصَّدْرِ وَالظَّهْرِ تَرْكُ الْأَدَبِ كَذَا فِي الْقُنْيَةِ اهـ ط (قَوْلُهُ وَالسُّنَّةُ فِيهَا الْقَبْضَةُ) وَهُوَ أَنْ يَقْبِضَ الرَّجُلُ لِحْيَتَهُ فَمَا زَادَ مِنْهَا عَلَى قَبْضَةٍ قَطَعَهُ الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار) (6 / 407)

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