Ruling on Trimming the Eyebrows without Removing Them Completely - Shaykh Sālih al Luhaydān

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Ruling on Trimming the Eyebrows without Removing Them Completely - Shaykh Sālih Al-Luhaydān رحمه الله [السؤال:] أحسن الله اليكم؛ تقول هل يجوز تخفيف الحواجب؟ The questioner says: Is it permissible to trim the eyebrows? أنا أعلم الحديث الذي يقول النبي عليه الصلاة و السلام (لعن الله النامصة والمتنمصة) I am aware of the hadith where the Prophet ﷺ said: (( Allah cursed the Namisah (woman that removes hair from her own eyebrows/face) and the Mutnamisah (woman who removes hair from others’ eyebrows/faces) )) بعض الأخوات يخففن و يقلن إن النامصة هي ‏But some sisters trim their eyebrows and claim the Namisah refers to the woman that من تزيل الحاجب تماماً و تضع مكانه بالقلم الشكل الذي تريده removes the eyebrow completely and uses a pen to draw-in the shape she wants. ارجو التوضيح في ذلك احسن الله اليكم: I would like clarification on this, may Allah do good to you: [الجواب:] هذا القول ليس بصحيح This statement is not correct انما النامصة هي التي ترقّق الحواجب و تزيل بعضها Rather the Namisah is the one that thins the eyebrows and removes part of them حتى يبقى البقية التي تريدها up until only what she wants remains. و اما ازالتها بالكلية لتضع خطاً As for removing them completely so she can draw a line, فلم يكن هذا مما كانت عليه العرب في الجاهلية ‏this was not what the Arabs were accustomed to during Jahliyyah (pre-Islamic time of ignorance) ونهى عنه النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Prophet ﷺ prohibited it. و انما كانت المرأة ترقق الحاجب و تقوصه و تزيل ما ارتفع منه او انخفض ‏Rather, the woman used to thin the eyebrow, trim it, and remove any part that rose up or sagged down حتى يكون متناسقاً و مقوقسا حتى يظن من رأوه انه خلقه ‏so that the eyebrow would be symmetric and arched until those who saw it thought it was a natural formation و انما هو تغيراً للخلقة ‏However, in reality it was only changing the natural formation. فنصيحتي ان لا تهتمي لذلك ‏So my advice is that you should not give that any concern فالجمال الحقيقي هو جمال النفس ‏For indeed true beauty is the beauty of the soul وتقوى الله جل وعلا هي رأس مال المسلم و هي قمة الجمال ‏And the Taqwa (obedience out of fear and hope) of Allah The Exalted is the capital of the Muslim and the pinnacle of beauty و الله اعلم And Allah knows best