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Fatwa #213731 January 2001Australia

Ladies dying their hair and shaping their eyebrows?

Question

Firstly, Can Ladies dye their Hair other than black, using the different couloured dyes avalable in the market like Burgandy, Brown etc, not the Henna stuff? Secondly, Can Ladies shape thier eyebrows if they are too bushy and thick?

Answer

Pure black dye is not permissible. Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam)
said, "There will be people who will come later (in my Ummah) and apply
black dye. They will not even smell the fragrance of paradise." (Abu
Daawood). However, it is permissible for a Mujaahid (warrior) to apply black
dye in order to give the impression of being young. (Jawahirul Fiqh vol2
pg421)

To dye the hair any other colour besides black e.g. Mehndi or Katm (type of
grass) is permissible. This was the practice of Rasulullah (Sallallaahu
Álayhi Wasallam) and the Sahaaba (Radhiyallaahu Ánhum). (Jawahirul Fiqh vol2
pg421)

No, it is not permissible for females to pluck their eyebrows. Rasulullah
(Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) cursed a Mutanammisa (a female who seeks to
remove her eyebrows).

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
FATWA DEPT.
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