Are Women Allowed to Thread and Pluck Their Eyebrows?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Is a woman allowed to shape/groom her eyebrows by (1) threading or (2) plucking with tweezers?
Is a woman allowed to have her eyebrows tinted (lasting typically for a few weeks), and, separately, does this interfere with/hinder performing wudu?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
Threading, Plucking, and Microblading
It is not permissible to shape and groom one’s eyebrows by threading and plucking with tweezers. Microblading is also essentially the same. However, if one has excess hair or hair, not in line with others that seem abnormal, these few sticking-out hairs can be removed. Likewise, dense and bushy eyebrows can also be trimmed to the regular size of the average person with natural, normal eyebrows.
Tinting/Dyeing Eyebrows
Women are allowed to tint/dye their eyebrows, which will not affect the wudu. The following need to be considered:
- the color of the dye should not draw attention, so just a regular neat application without overdoing it
- the using colors that can attract attention and be seen as the adornment of the shameful
- the dye is ethical and does not have any possible harmful or allergic reactions [Ibn ’Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar; Indarpati, Fatawa Tatarkhaniyya; Abdul-Haq al-Dehlawi, Lama’at al-Tanqih]
Healthy Shame, Conscience Brings All Goodness
‘Imran ibn Husayn (Allah be pleased with him) reported the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “Modesty does not bring anything but goodness.”
In another narration, the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “Modesty is all that is good.” [Bukhari; Muslim]
Check these links:
Is It Permissible to Remove Strays of Hair around the Eyebrows? (seekersguidance.org)
Is It Permissible to Have Semi Permanent Eyebrows Done? – SeekersGuidance
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[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied within UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan and Turkey.
He started his early education in UK. He went onto complete hifz of Qur’an in India, then enrolled into an Islamic seminary in UK where he studied the secular and Alimiyyah sciences. He then travelled to Karachi, Pakistan.
He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for a number of years. He has taught hifz of the Qur’an, Tajwid, Fiqh and many other Islamic sciences to both children and adults onsite and online extensively in UK and Ireland. He was teaching at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences.
He currently resides in UK with his wife. His personal interest is love of books and gardening.
