10-11-2008, 01:31 PM
Asalaamu alikum,
Somebody asked me this question recently and I was not sure how to answer so I thought I would run it by a few of you and see your idea.
We know that it is not permissible for the women to pluck their eyebrows. And the hadith specifically says plucking. However there is a commercial product now called a personal trimmer or something that removes hair especially for eyebrows and removes hair from the surface, There is no plucking involved.
And what she was asking is that since she heard it is not permitted to use a moist towel like a baby wipe to clean up after using the bathroom because the hadith talks about running water. She was saying isnt this similar because the hadith involves plucking.
I never had any obsession with my eyebrows so I have never put any thought into it. The point is to not change the shape, right? Its not about the method of removal but the removal itself???
Jazak Allah khairn