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Ruling on Eyebrow Plucking Part 2

I know that plucking the eyebrows is haram and removing facial hair is
also but that we can remove hair above the lip and in between the
eyebrows. What about the hair that comes between the hair line and the
eyebrows down to the eyebrow?.

Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly:

With regard to removing hair or not removing it, the scholars divide hair
into three categories:

1 - Hair which we are commanded to remove or shorten. This is known as
Sunan al-Fitrah, such as removing the pubic hairs, trimming the moustache
and plucking the armpit hairs. That also includes shaving or cutting the
hair of the head during Hajj or 'Umrah.

The evidence for that is the hadeeth of 'Aa'ishah (may Allaah be pleased
with her) who said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) said: "Ten (actions) are part of the fitrah [natural
inclinations of man]: trimming the moustache, letting the beard grow,
using the siwaak (tooth-stick), rinsing the nose with water, clipping the
nails, washing the finger joints, plucking the armpit hairs, shaving the
pubes and washing oneself with water after relieving oneself."

Zakariyya said: Mus'ab said: And I forgot the tenth but it may have been
rinsing the mouth with water.

Narrated by Muslim, 261

2 - Hair which we are forbidden to remove, which includes the eyebrows.
The action of removing the hair of the eyebrows is called al-namas. It is
also forbidden to remove the hair of the beard.

The evidence for that is the hadeeth of 'Abd-Allaah ibn Mas'ood (may
Allaah be pleased with him) who said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: "Allaah has cursed the
woman who does tattoos and the one who has them done, the woman who plucks
eyebrows (al-naamisah) and the one who has it done (al-mutanammisah), and
the one who files her teeth for the purpose of beauty, altering the
creation of Allaah."

(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5931; Muslim, 2125)

And it was narrated that 'Abd-Allaah ibn 'Umar said: I heard the Messenger
of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: "Be different
from the mushrikeen: let your beards grow and trim your moustaches."

(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5892; Muslim, 259)

al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

The naamisah is the woman who removes hair from the face and the
mutanammisah is the one who asks to have that done. This action is haraam,
unless a woman develops a beard or moustache, in which case it is not
haraam to remove it, rather that is mustahabb in our view.

Sharh al-Nawawi li Saheeh Muslim, 14/106

3 - Hair concerning which the texts are silent and do not say whether it
is to be removed or left as it is, such as hair on the legs, hands, cheeks
or forehead.

There is some difference of scholarly opinion concerning this.

Some said that it is not permissible to remove it, because removing it
implies changing the creation of Allaah, as Allaah tells us that the
Shaytaan said:

" 'and indeed I will order them to change the nature created by Allaah'"
[al-Nisa' 4:119 - interpretation of the meaning]

Some said that this is one of the things concerning which nothing was
said, so the ruling is that it is allowed. It is permissible to leave it
or to remove it, because whatever is not mentioned in the Qur'aan or
Sunnah is permissible.