Grooming Eyebrows and Other Questions

Question:

Is it permissible for a women to groom her eyebrows?

Is it necessary to make wuddu after changing nappy of a baby even though we had wuddu before?

Can a women from hanafi mazhab keep her head uncovered infront of her mahrams n other sisters and can she wear makeup and fancy clothes infront of them as well??

Answer:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. In principle, it is permissible for women to remove unnatural facial hair including the ones surrounding one’s eyebrows. However, it is not permissible to remove or groom actual hairs from the eyebrows themselves. If the eyebrows are abnormally bushy, so much so that they look unnatural, then it is only permissible to trim them back to their natural state and not beyond that.[1]
2. Changing nappy of a baby does not invalidate the wudhu’. However it will be prudent and hygienic to wash the hands after changing the diaper, in case they become soiled with impurity.
3. Please resubmit question #3 seperately.

And Allah Ta’ala Knows Best

Mufti Faisal bin Abdul Hameed,
Montréal, Canada    

Checked and Concurred by,
Maulana Ismail Desai