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Removing Upper Lip Hair

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I am a full time hijabi, and wear the jilbab to highschool. I don't wear make-up at all. I try to dress modestly, Alhamdulilah. The reason why I am saying all of this is because my mother thinks it's not permissible for me to wax my upper lip. She's strongly against it and never want to listen to me. She says its only permissible after marriage for you husband and that I'm been too fashionable and deviant by waxing my upper lip. We aren't allowed to look a guy. Please help. Am I allowed

Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
 
We appreciate your keenness and your efforts to seek advice. We ask Allaah to make things easy for you and to give you a way out. 
 
Women are commanded to conceal their adornment from strange men who are not their mahrams.
 
 
The Standing Committee and by Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen stated the following fataawa in al-Mar’ah al-Muslimah, 3/879:
 
It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah: 
 
(a) There is no sin on a woman if she removes hair on her upper lip, thighs, calves and arms. This is not part of the tanammus (plucking) that is forbidden.
 
(Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 5/194, 195) 
 
(b) The Committee was asked:
 
What is the Islamic ruling on plucking the hair between the eyebrows?
 
They replied:
 
It is permissible to pluck it, because it is not part of the eyebrows.
 
(Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 5/197) 
 
The Standing Committee was asked: 
 
What is the ruling on a woman removing hair from her body? 
 
They replied: 
 
It is permissible for her to do that, apart from the hair of the eyebrows and head. It is not permissible for her to remove the hair of her head or to remove any part of the eyebrows, whether by shaving or any other means. 
 
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 5/194 
 
As for plucking the eyebrows, this is haraam and is a major sin, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed those who do it.

We ask Allaah to make you steadfast until death.
 
Allah Almighty knows best. 
Question Date: 2011-07-14

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