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In general, Islamic scripture, Qur'an, hadith and sunnah, exhorts women not to alter their natural beauty, either through artificial means of improvement such as jewelry or by reducing their beauty with what is seen as blemishes such as tattoos. Scholars up to the modern day follow the lead of the scriptures and preach against women engaging in an entire range of practices which are seen to artificially affect their beauty. 
==Qur'an==
==Qur'an==


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{{Quote|{{Quran|24|31}}|And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that '''they should not display their beauty and ornaments''' except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards Allah, that ye may attain Bliss. }}
{{Quote|{{Quran|24|31}}|And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that '''they should not display their beauty and ornaments''' except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards Allah, that ye may attain Bliss. }}
===Women had more freedom to display their beauty/charms in pre-Islamic Arabia===
{{Quote|{{Quran-range|33|32|33}}|O Consorts of the Prophet! Ye are not like any of the (other) women: if ye do fear (Allah), be not too complacent of speech, lest one in whose heart is a disease should be moved with desire: but speak ye a speech (that is) just. And stay quietly in your houses, '''and make not a dazzling display, like that of the former Times of Ignorance;''' and establish regular Prayer, and give regular Charity; and obey Allah and His Messenger. And Allah only wishes to remove all abomination from you, ye members of the Family, and to make you pure and spotless. }}


===Only those belonging to Satan alter the creation of Allah===
===Only those belonging to Satan alter the creation of Allah===
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===Getting or giving a tattoo is forbidden===
===Getting or giving a tattoo is forbidden===


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|72|830}}|Narrated Abu Huraira : A woman who used to practise tattooing was brought to 'Umar. 'Umar got up and said, "I beseech you by Allah, which of you heard the Prophet saying something about tattooing?" l got up and said, "0 chief of the Believers! l heard something." He said, "What did you hear?" I said, "I heard the Prophet (addressing the ladies), saying, ''''Do not practise tattooing and do not get yourselves tattooed'''.'"}}
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|||5946|darussalam}}|Narrated Abu Huraira : A woman who used to practise tattooing was brought to 'Umar. 'Umar got up and said, "I beseech you by Allah, which of you heard the Prophet saying something about tattooing?" l got up and said, "0 chief of the Believers! l heard something." He said, "What did you hear?" I said, "I heard the Prophet (addressing the ladies), saying, ''''Do not practise tattooing and do not get yourselves tattooed'''.'"}}


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|72|825}}|Narrated Ibn 'Umar : I heard the Prophet saying, (or the Prophet said), "'''Allah has cursed the lady who practices tattooing and that who gets it done for herself''', and also the lady who lengthens hair artificially and that who gets her hair lengthened artificially." The Prophet has cursed such ladies.}}  
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|||5942|darussalam}}|Narrated Ibn 'Umar : I heard the Prophet saying, (or the Prophet said), "'''Allah has cursed the lady who practices tattooing and that who gets it done for herself''', and also the lady who lengthens hair artificially and that who gets her hair lengthened artificially." The Prophet has cursed such ladies.}}  


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|3|34|299}}|Narrated 'Aun bin Abu Juhaifa: My father bought a slave who practiced the profession of cupping. (My father broke the slave's instruments of cupping). I asked my father why he had done so. He replied, "The Prophet forbade the acceptance of the price of a dog or blood, '''and also forbade the profession of tattooing, getting tattooed''' and receiving or giving Riba, (usury), and cursed the picture-makers."}}
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|||2086|darussalam}}|Narrated 'Aun bin Abu Juhaifa: My father bought a slave who practiced the profession of cupping. (My father broke the slave's instruments of cupping). I asked my father why he had done so. He replied, "The Prophet forbade the acceptance of the price of a dog or blood, '''and also forbade the profession of tattooing, getting tattooed''' and receiving or giving Riba, (usury), and cursed the picture-makers."}}


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|72|829}}|Narrated Abu Juhaifa: The Prophet forbade the use of the price of blood and the price of a dog, the one who takes (eats) usury the one who gives usury, '''the woman who practises tattooing and the woman who gets herself tattooed'''.}}
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|||5945|darussalam}}|Narrated Abu Juhaifa: The Prophet forbade the use of the price of blood and the price of a dog, the one who takes (eats) usury the one who gives usury, '''the woman who practises tattooing and the woman who gets herself tattooed'''.}}


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|3|34|440}}|Narrated Aun bin Abu Juhaifa: I saw my father buying a slave whose profession was cupping, and ordered that his instruments (of cupping) be broken. I asked him the reason for doing so. He replied, "Allah's Apostle prohibited taking money for blood, the price of a dog, and the earnings of a slave-girl by prostitution; '''he cursed her who tattoos and her who gets tattooed''', the eater of Riba (usury), and the maker of pictures."}}
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|||2238|darussalam}}|Narrated Aun bin Abu Juhaifa: I saw my father buying a slave whose profession was cupping, and ordered that his instruments (of cupping) be broken. I asked him the reason for doing so. He replied, "Allah's Apostle prohibited taking money for blood, the price of a dog, and the earnings of a slave-girl by prostitution; '''he cursed her who tattoos and her who gets tattooed''', the eater of Riba (usury), and the maker of pictures."}}


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|72|827}}|Narrated Abu Huraira : Allah's Apostle said, "The evil eye is a fact," and '''he forbade tattooing'''.}}
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|||5944|darussalam}}|Narrated Abu Huraira : Allah's Apostle said, "The evil eye is a fact," and '''he forbade tattooing'''.}}


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|72|831}}|Narrated Ibn 'Umar : The Prophet has cursed the lady who lengthens hair artificially and that who gets her hair lengthened in such away, and '''the lady who practises tattooing and that who gets it done for herself'''.}}  
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|||5947|darussalam}}|Narrated Ibn 'Umar : The Prophet has cursed the lady who lengthens hair artificially and that who gets her hair lengthened in such away, and '''the lady who practises tattooing and that who gets it done for herself'''.}}  


===Getting your teeth straightened is forbidden===  
===Manipulating the teeth for beauty forbidden===  


{{Quote|{{Ibn Majah|9|3|9|1989}}|It was narrated that 'Abdulleh said:
{{Quote|{{Ibn Majah|9|3|9|1989}}|It was narrated that 'Abdulleh said:
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"The Messenger of Allah cursed the woman who does tattoos and the one who has them done, and those who pluck their eyebrows '''and file their teeth for the purpose of beautification''', and those who change the creation of Allah." News of that reached a woman of Banu Asad who was called Umm Ya'qub. She came to him and said: "I have heard that you said such and such." He said: 'Why should I not curse those whom the Messenger of Allah cursed ? And it is in the Book of Allah." She said: "I read what is between its two covers 'and I have not found that." He said: "If you read it properly you would have found it. Have you not read the words: 'And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad) gives you, take it; and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it).'?" She said: "Of course." He said: 'The Messenger of Allah forbade that." She said: 'I think that your wife does it.' He said: " Go and look." So she went and looked and she did not see what she wanted. She said: "I have not seen anything!’ 'Abdullah said: "If she was as you say, I would not have kept her with me. " (Sahih)}}
"The Messenger of Allah cursed the woman who does tattoos and the one who has them done, and those who pluck their eyebrows '''and file their teeth for the purpose of beautification''', and those who change the creation of Allah." News of that reached a woman of Banu Asad who was called Umm Ya'qub. She came to him and said: "I have heard that you said such and such." He said: 'Why should I not curse those whom the Messenger of Allah cursed ? And it is in the Book of Allah." She said: "I read what is between its two covers 'and I have not found that." He said: "If you read it properly you would have found it. Have you not read the words: 'And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad) gives you, take it; and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it).'?" She said: "Of course." He said: 'The Messenger of Allah forbade that." She said: 'I think that your wife does it.' He said: " Go and look." So she went and looked and she did not see what she wanted. She said: "I have not seen anything!’ 'Abdullah said: "If she was as you say, I would not have kept her with me. " (Sahih)}}


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|72|826}}|Narrated Ibn Mas'ud: Allah has cursed those women who practise tattooing or get it done for themselves, and those who remove hair from their faces, and '''those who create spaces between their teeth artificially to look beautiful''', such ladies as change the features created by Allah. Why then shall I not curse those whom Allah's Apostle has cursed and who are cursed in Allah's Book too?}}  
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|||5943|darussalam}}|Narrated Ibn Mas'ud: Allah has cursed those women who practise tattooing or get it done for themselves, and those who remove hair from their faces, and '''those who create spaces between their teeth artificially to look beautiful''', such ladies as change the features created by Allah. Why then shall I not curse those whom Allah's Apostle has cursed and who are cursed in Allah's Book too?}}  


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|72|832}}|Narrated 'Abdullah : Allah has cursed those women who practise tattooing and those who get it done for themselves, and those who remove hair from their faces, and '''those who artificially create spaces between their teeth to look beautiful''', such women as alter the features created by Allah. Why should I not then curse those whom Allah's Apostle has cursed and that is in Allah's Book?}}
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|||5948|darussalam}}|Narrated 'Abdullah : Allah has cursed those women who practise tattooing and those who get it done for themselves, and those who remove hair from their faces, and '''those who artificially create spaces between their teeth to look beautiful''', such women as alter the features created by Allah. Why should I not then curse those whom Allah's Apostle has cursed and that is in Allah's Book?}}


Getting your hair cut is not forbidden in Islam. That is the practice of a Sikh. Having not cut your hair is bad you. We are supposed to be well groomed, so getting a trim, as a hair stylist would say, is a must once a month.
===Getting your hair cut is forbidden===
 
{{Quote|Al-Mu’jam al-Sagheer, Baabul Haa, Man Ishuhu Al-Hasan, vol. 1, p. 229, Dar Al-Ammar|Rasulullah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) prohibited women from allowing their hair to drop on their shoulders (by cutting it).)}}


===Getting or providing hair extensions is forbidden===
===Getting or providing hair extensions is forbidden===


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|72|818}}|
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|||5935|darussalam}}|
Narrated Asma: (the daughter of Abu' Bakr) A woman came to Allah's Apostle and said, "I married my daughter to someone, but she became sick and all her hair fell out, and (because of that) her husband does not like her. May I let her use false hair?" On that '''the Prophet cursed such a lady as artificially lengthening (her or someone else's) hair or got her hair lengthened artificially'''.}}  
Narrated Asma: (the daughter of Abu' Bakr) A woman came to Allah's Apostle and said, "I married my daughter to someone, but she became sick and all her hair fell out, and (because of that) her husband does not like her. May I let her use false hair?" On that '''the Prophet cursed such a lady as artificially lengthening (her or someone else's) hair or got her hair lengthened artificially'''.}}  


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|72|824}}|Narrated Asma': A woman asked the Prophet saying, "0 Allah's Apostle! My daughter got measles and her hair fell out. Now that I got her married, may I let her use false hair?" He said (to her), "'''Allah has cursed the lady who lengthens hair artificially and the one who gets her hair lengthened artificially.'''"}}  
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|||5941|darussalam}}|Narrated Asma': A woman asked the Prophet saying, "0 Allah's Apostle! My daughter got measles and her hair fell out. Now that I got her married, may I let her use false hair?" He said (to her), "'''Allah has cursed the lady who lengthens hair artificially and the one who gets her hair lengthened artificially.'''"}}  


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|72|820}}|Narrated Ibn Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "'''Allah has cursed such a lady as lengthens (her or someone else's) hair artificially or gets it lengthened''', and also a lady who tattoos (herself or someone else) or gets herself tattooed.}}
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|||5937|darussalam}}|Narrated Ibn Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "'''Allah has cursed such a lady as lengthens (her or someone else's) hair artificially or gets it lengthened''', and also a lady who tattoos (herself or someone else) or gets herself tattooed.}}


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|72|823}}|Narrated Ibn 'Umar : '''The Prophet has cursed the lady who lengthens her hair artificially and the one who gets her hair lengthened''', and also the lady who tattoos (herself or others) and the one who gets herself tattooed.}}
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|||5940|darussalam}}|Narrated Ibn 'Umar : '''The Prophet has cursed the lady who lengthens her hair artificially and the one who gets her hair lengthened''', and also the lady who tattoos (herself or others) and the one who gets herself tattooed.}}


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|72|819}}|Narrated Asma: (the daughter of Abu Bakr) '''Allah's Apostle has cursed such a lady as artificially lengthening (her or someone else's) hair or gets her hair lengthened.'''}}  
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|||5936|darussalam}}|Narrated Asma: (the daughter of Abu Bakr) '''Allah's Apostle has cursed such a lady as artificially lengthening (her or someone else's) hair or gets her hair lengthened.'''}}  


{{Quote|{{Ibn Majah|9|3|9|1988}}|It was narrated that Asma' said:
{{Quote|{{Ibn Majah|9|3|9|1988}}|It was narrated that Asma' said:
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===Removing excess facial hair is forbidden===
===Removing excess facial hair is forbidden===


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|72|832}}|Narrated 'Abdullah : Allah has cursed those women who practise tattooing and those who get it done for themselves, and '''those who remove hair from their faces''', and those who artificially create spaces between their teeth to look beautiful, such women as alter the features created by Allah. Why should I not then curse those whom Allah's Apostle has cursed and that is in Allah's Book?}}
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|||5948|darussalam}}|Narrated 'Abdullah : Allah has cursed those women who practise tattooing and those who get it done for themselves, and '''those who remove hair from their faces''', and those who artificially create spaces between their teeth to look beautiful, such women as alter the features created by Allah. Why should I not then curse those whom Allah's Apostle has cursed and that is in Allah's Book?}}


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|72|826}}|Narrated Ibn Mas'ud: Allah has cursed those women who practise tattooing or get it done for themselves, and '''those who remove hair from their faces''', and those who create spaces between their teeth artificially to look beautiful, such ladies as change the features created by Allah. Why then shall I not curse those whom Allah's Apostle has cursed and who are cursed in Allah's Book too?}}
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|||5943|darussalam}}|Narrated Ibn Mas'ud: Allah has cursed those women who practise tattooing or get it done for themselves, and '''those who remove hair from their faces''', and those who create spaces between their teeth artificially to look beautiful, such ladies as change the features created by Allah. Why then shall I not curse those whom Allah's Apostle has cursed and who are cursed in Allah's Book too?}}


===Getting your eyebrows plucked is forbidden===
===Getting your eyebrows plucked is forbidden===
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==See Also==
==See Also==


{{Hub4|Beauty|Beauty}}
{{Hub4|Women (Primary Sources)|Women (Primary Sources)}}
{{Hub4|Women (Primary Sources)|Women (Primary Sources)}}


==External Links==
==External Links==


*{{external link| url = http://www.muslimconverts.com/cosmetics/plucking_eyebrows.htm| title = Ruling on plucking eyebrows | publisher = Muslim website| author = | date = | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.muslimconverts.com%2Fcosmetics%2Fplucking_eyebrows.htm&date=2013-07-16| deadurl = no}}
*[http://www.muslimconverts.com/cosmetics/plucking_eyebrows.htm Ruling on plucking eyebrows]
*{{external link| url = http://www.quran.mu/plucking-eyebrows-is-curse-forbidden.html| title = Plucking Eyebrows Is Curse & Forbidden| publisher = Muslim website| author = | date = | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.quran.mu%2Fplucking-eyebrows-is-curse-forbidden.html&date=2013-07-16| deadurl = no}}
*[http://www.quran.mu/plucking-eyebrows-is-curse-forbidden.html Plucking Eyebrows Is Curse & Forbidden]
 
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