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PeaceCharity
12-04-02, 08:14 AM
Question:
As Salam Wahalakum,
Brothers and sisters
My question is kind of puzzling but I think it is important
My question is: Is a man suppose to shave his legs if his hair grows big like we do to over private parts? I 'm asking this question because most of my friends do it and I didn't because I was never told. So please answer this question and don't leave it as joke.
Thank You
Answer:
Praise be to Allah,
We would never consider your question as a joke for the reason that you do what you are supposed to do by asking about something you don’t know its ruling.
At the age of our Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him) someone, called Abu-Refaa, may Allah be pleased with him, came to him while he was addressing his speech, and said. Oh Prophet a strange man came to ask about his religion for he knows nothing about it.
Our Messenger came to me, as the man said, leaving his speech and sat on an iron chair, as I believe and start teaching me things he learned from Allah, then he completed his speech.(Narrated by Muslim - # 870)
Hence, it is your right upon us to answer your question if we know its response
Hair is divided into 3 parts:
First: Hair that must be removed as the pubic region and the armpit.
Second: Hair that must be leftover as it is such as man’s beard.
Third : Hair that we told nothing about and there is no legal text determines its remaining or its removal. (Though Allah doesn’t forget anything in his Quran). This hair is left to you as you want to leave or remove and you are at liberty in that.
(Also see question #451) and Allah is the most knowing.
AnnaMarie
13-04-02, 02:09 PM
I don't think men should shave their legs.Its only my opinion I mean girls shave their legs so it would be weird if a guy did it.My friend who us Lebanese is really hairy in the legs but he would never shave because it would look funny.But hey If you want to shave your legs than why not..unless it is not allowed in ISlam or something.
Muslim Sista
03-05-02, 10:14 AM
urggggggh that is so Disgusting dicussing your hair on the forum.
no part of the human body is desgusting since it comes from Allah! it is society that makes us feel embarassed of what we should not be!
allahu a'alam
FIRST OF ALL- U SHOULD FIND OUT THROUGH REDING ISLAMIC BOOKS IF SHAVING LEGS IS ALLOWED OR NOT.
EVEN I'M NOT SURE IF SHAVING LEGS IS ALLOWED.. IS IT??
.: Anna :.
29-11-03, 09:18 AM
Originally posted by Rosie
FIRST OF ALL- U SHOULD FIND OUT THROUGH REDING ISLAMIC BOOKS IF SHAVING LEGS IS ALLOWED OR NOT.
EVEN I'M NOT SURE IF SHAVING LEGS IS ALLOWED.. IS IT?? lol read the fatwa that was posted :p
abaleada
29-11-03, 06:14 PM
I thin out the hair on my legs so that there isn't an excessive amount. The rest of the hair follows tradition. I can't bear to pluck the stragglers on my face, so I take a razor to them. I am thoroughly annoyed y their presence on my face, even though there aren't more than four.
Brother_Daniel
02-12-03, 08:27 PM
Well I have not come across any hadith or anything else that suggests you should shave your legs. The hadith says a man should only shave his armpits and pubic area. If the question really troubles you then you might want to ask a knowledgable imam or someone well versed in the science of ahadith.
um folks could you take this to a private forum. please
Consider
03-12-03, 10:02 PM
I agree.
Chuck in in the brothers forum.
Sallaam
Its personal choice, if u want to shave it then shave it. If you don't, well then don't.
Allah HAfiz
YNam ("The same letter keeps repeating itself, much like keeping safe in what you know" Nam 05/12/03)
hmmmmmm..............
it's haraam for a sister to pluck her eyebrows correct? I see soooooooooooooooo many sisters with plucked eyebrows that i'm starting to think maybe it isn't harraam.......perhaps what I had learned was wrong and they are right..........just about everyone has plucked eyebrows!
subhanAllah..........can someone point me to the proof whether it's halaal or haraam? I thought it was haraaam.........
Amatullah
30-12-03, 09:35 AM
assalamu aleikum
777...yes its haraam for a sister to pluck her eyebrows, and yes many sisters do it, some people try to twist it around to suit their needs buts its best to stay on the safe side and not recieve the curse of Allaah SWT which is not even comparable to having unshaped eyebrows
evidence:
‘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)
wasalam
:mujahida:
Originally posted by Amatullah
assalamu aleikum
777...yes its haraam for a sister to pluck her eyebrows, and yes many sisters do it, some people try to twist it around to suit their needs buts its best to stay on the safe side and not recieve the curse of Allaah SWT which is not even comparable to having unshaped eyebrows
evidence:
‘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)
wasalam
:mujahida:
subhanAllah............jazakumallahu khair sis, it's what I thought..........
Originally posted by 777
hmmmmmm..............
it's haraam for a sister to pluck her eyebrows correct? I see soooooooooooooooo many sisters with plucked eyebrows that i'm starting to think maybe it isn't harraam.......perhaps what I had learned was wrong and they are right..........just about everyone has plucked eyebrows!
I totally know what you mean... Indeed many sisters pluck and shape, which, as sis Amatullah pointed out, isn't permissible. It's confusing when you see so many ppl doing a wrong thing b/c it makes you doubt yourself and what you thought you knew :banghead: From what I understand though, and Allah knows best, sisters can take out hairs in the middle area, between the eyebrows, right above the nose, as long as they don't take out from the actual eyebrow itself. I searched for the fatwa on this and posted it below.
http://63.175.194.25/index.php?ln=eng&ds=qa&lv=browse&QR=20108&dgn=4
Question :
I know it is forbidden for a woman to remove hair from her eyebrows, but what about the rest of the face? Is it permissable for a woman to remove hair from the upperlip or other parts of the face? If the woman is especially hairy?.
Answer :
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (17/133): “It is not permissible to remove the hair of the eyebrows because this is the namas (plucking) for which the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed those who do it, and it is a kind of changing the creation of Allaah, which is the action of the Shaytaan. If a woman’s husband tells her to do it, she should not obey him, because it is a sin, and there is no obedience to any created being if it involves disobedience towards the Creator. Rather obedience should only be with regard to things that are good and proper, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said.”
Secondly:
It is permissible to remove any hair from the face apart from the hair of the eyebrows.
It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (17/130): “The evidence that it is permissible for a woman to remove hair from her body is the basic principle which states that it required for her to adorn herself for her husband. There is no evidence to suggest that this is not allowed, apart from the prohibition on al-namas (plucking), which means removing hair from the eyebrows.”
And it also says (5/197): “What is the Islamic ruling on removing hair that grows between the eyebrows? The Committee replied: It is permissible to pluck it, because it is not part of the eyebrows.”
And Allaah knows best.
Islam Q&A (www.islam-qa.com
Is hair removal for men really practiced today amongst Msulim males? Just curious as I have never heard of this before.
Yes, Hen, it's part of Islam.
Answer :
Praise be to Allaah.
Hair is of three types:
1 – That which sharee’ah commands us to leave alone and forbids us to remove any of it.
2 – That which sharee’ah commands us to remove.
3 – That concerning which sharee’ah says nothing; it does not tell us to remove it or forbid us to do so.
That which sharee’ah commands us to leave alone is the beard and eyebrows, from which nothing should be removed.
That which we are commanded to remove is armpit hair and pubic hair, and the moustache in the case of men.
That concerning which sharee’ah says nothing is forgivable (and is the matter of personal choice), because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “What is halaal is that which Allaah has permitted in His Book, and what is haraam is that which Allaah has forbidden in His Book, and what He has remained silent about is forgivable.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 1726; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi.
That includes hair in the nose, on the chest, and on the legs and arms.
See question no. 9037.
It says in al-Mawsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah (18/100):
With regard to shaving body hair in the case of a man, it is permissible according to the Maalikis, and it was said that it is Sunnah. What is meant by the body is everything except the head.
With regard to shaving the head, we have discussed the ruling on that in detail in the answer to question no. 14051.
And Allaah knows best.
Islam Q&A (www.islam-qa.com)
I understand that it is part of Islam but like Muslim women plucking their eyebrows today, do Muslim men today really actually practice the hair removal as prescribed in the Quran or are there more schools of thought on this?
One of the reasons I ask is that I know lots of Muslim men who do not have beards. So that makes me wonder........
abaleada
03-02-04, 05:28 PM
http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00000054.aspx
Eyebrows & hair removal
Assalamu alaykum
In the name of Allah the Inspirer of truth.
The issue of removing hair from around the eyebrows has become a very popular issue and one which many people seem to be very confused about. What makes it more difficult is that in vogue today [especially in non-Muslim circles] is one of thinning the eyebrows and shaping them. Hence, this poses a great fitna for many of our Muslim sisters.
Even those who have perfectly formed eyebrows sometimes feel that they are out of shape and look upon themselves as being ugly. Then they begin the exercise of shaping, bleaching, and thinning them out.
The Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wasallam said: Allah has cursed those women who modify their eyebrows or ask others to do it for them (Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim).
As we can see the warning from the Prophet Sallalllahu alayhi wasallam is a very strong one. This is why great scholars like Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani, Tabari, Nawawi, among others have actually prohibited any kind of modification to the eyebrows, even removing hair from in between linked eye-brows. Tabari has considered it to be changing the creation of Allah.
However, they have permitted the removal of hair for women from the chin and above the upper lip (if a beard or a moustache develops), since this is to avoid resembling men.
We learn from this that it is not permissible for women to remove any hair from the eyebrows for the sake of just beautifying themselves. However, it would be permissible for a women to remove the hair from above the nose (if the eyebrows have become linked) as this is considered not-normal. It may also be considered permitted to clip off one or two stray hairs from around the eyebrows or for very bushy eyebrows to be reduced to normal size and moderation. This type of concession (i.e. to remove hair for the sake of eliminating a defective appearance) can be found in the following:
Ibn 'Abidin al-Shami writes in his commentary on the al-Durr al-Mukhtar concerning the prohibition of plucking hair from the face:
It is possible that the prohibition mentioned is if this is done for the sake of beautifying oneself for the sake of strangers, otherwise, if she has some hair on her face which causes abhorrence in her husband, then the prohibition of removing such hair seems to be far-fetched. This is because [self-] beautification for women is recommended for the sake of chastity.… It states in the Tabyin al-Maharim that removing facial hair is unlawful, unless a beard or moustache grows on a women, in which case it will not be unlawful to remove it, but would actually be recommended. It is related in the Tatarkhaniyya from al-Mudmarat that there is no objection in removing the hair from eyebrows and face so long as it does not cause one to resemble a effeminate. The same is mentioned in the Mujtaba (Radd al-Muhtar 5:239).
There is also the following from the Fatawa Hindiyya: And there is no objection to take the hair of eyebrows and face so long as it is not effeminate (Fatawa Hindiyya pg 23/4).
Also, one of the great jurists of the twenty first century Mufti Rashid Ahmad Ludhyanwi issued the following fatwa: [...] however, if the eyebrows have become so dense that it is unseemly for a woman and incites abhorrence in her husband, it is permissible to trim it to a more appropriate and normal size ( Ahsan al-Fatawa Vol.8 pg.76; Zakariyya Book Depot).
Taking the hadith and the various statements of the Hanafi jurists into consideration the following could be concluded:
1. It would be permitted for a women to remove a beard or a moustache that appears on her face. Even though it is facial hair, but since it is to stop women from resembling men, it is permitted. This is the opinion of the majority of scholars, in fact they have said it is recommended, not just permitted. The same will be to bleach this hair instead.
2. If the eyebrows are linked in between, it would be permissible to remove the excess hair from in between to separate them [i.e. the hair above the nose]. The reason for this is that linked eyebrows are looked upon as a defect, hence it would be permissible to remove it.
3. A 'few' stray hairs around the eyebrows would be permissible to remove by clipping them off, if it looks defective, or for married women creates abhorrence in their husband. This does not mean it is permitted to remove a whole line or two of fine hair from around the eyebrows [as is the nowadays].
4. Dense bushy eyebrows may be trimmed down to a more normal size. However, one must exercise great caution in this regard, since one does not want it to fall under the warning of the hadith. If one is not sure how to determine the normal size they should not act on the benefit of the doubt, but rather follow the more cautionary approach and trim less. What so called 'regular' [especially non-Muslim] people consider nowadays as the norm i.e. eyebrows that are shaped in particular unnaturals or reduced to thin lines can not be considered as acceptable in Islamic law due to the severity of the hadith.
5. Great caution has to be exercised in this regard, since the hadith is very strict and there are some Hanafi scholars who have taken more strict position. For instance, Mullah Ali al-Qari (R.A) comments [relating from Imam Nawawi] that plucking of the facial hair is haram (unlawful) for a woman with the exception of moustache or beard hairs (Mirqat al-Mafatih 8:218). The concessions mentioned above are for the removal of a defective appearance and not for purely beautification purpose, hence, caution in this matters is the way.
And Allah knows best.
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[i]Originally posted by 777
hmmmmmm..............
it's haraam for a sister to pluck her eyebrows correct? I see soooooooooooooooo many sisters with plucked eyebrows that i'm starting to think maybe it isn't harraam.......perhaps what I had learned was wrong and they are right..........just about everyone has plucked eyebrows!
subhanAllah..........can someone point me to the proof whether it's halaal or haraam? I thought it was haraaam.........
Arsalan
02-01-08, 05:51 PM
urggggggh that is so Disgusting dicussing your hair on the forum.
I agree.:rubeyes:
Pippin1376
02-01-08, 06:26 PM
urggggggh that is so Disgusting dicussing your hair on the forum.
No question is disgusting when it comes to learning. Leg hair isn't that bad anyways, try to take an open mind at these things and know the Prophet (SAW) talked about them too. So if the Prophet (SAW) talked about it, then we can too without calling it disgusting.
Perhaps you meant the topic is uncomfortable which you are free to feel and is part of human nature, but that doesn't mean it's disgusting. :)
LastFriday
02-01-08, 06:30 PM
Man! Why shave yer leg! Guys atleast, its good insulator, keeps legs warm :D
lol read the fatwa that was posted :p
seriously :scratch:
One of my friends occasionally wears shorts, and we're like "dude, what are you doing? you're supposed to be covered" to which he replies "hey, I'm properly covered" :rubeyes:
muslimma
02-01-08, 07:18 PM
One of my friends occasionally wears shorts, and we're like "dude, what are you doing? you're supposed to be covered" to which he replies "hey, I'm properly covered" :rubeyes:
LOL :o
(i don't think men should shave their legs, it's far to feminine :o)
Arsalan
02-01-08, 07:21 PM
You will also get a stubble on your legs, and the hair will grow back faster and longer.
Big foot probably made that mistake too.
You will also get a stubble on your legs, and the hair will grow back faster and longer.
Big foot probably made that mistake too.
u forgot thicker... :nervous:
sunrise
02-01-08, 07:43 PM
u see what women have to go thru :p
but why wld a man shave his legs... i think it's a tad... gay:o
You will also get a stubble on your legs, and the hair will grow back faster and longer.
Big foot probably made that mistake too.
True. To tell the truth, I shaved my legs just to see what would happen when I shaved my legs, and now my legs are hairier than ever.
However, I like my legs hairy. I think it looks good.
Arsalan
02-01-08, 08:22 PM
True. To tell the truth, I shaved my legs just to see what would happen when I shaved my legs, and now my legs are hairier than ever.
However, I like my legs hairy. I think it looks good.
Yeh.. i suppose in cold countries it could protect you from the cold....
hahahahaha ( or are you being serious)
$HugoBoss$
02-01-08, 08:25 PM
Better to trim than shave, gay people shave remember that.
You will also get a stubble on your legs, and the hair will grow back faster and longer.
Big foot probably made that mistake too.
:rotfl: :rotfl:
:rubeyes: weird thread...
Yeh.. i suppose in cold countries it could protect you from the cold....
hahahahaha ( or are you being serious)
Well, I'm not sure how hairy legs protect one from the cold. They don't do anything because the skin is still exposed and everything.
GAL-actic
02-01-08, 09:00 PM
Guys supposed to have hairy legs...makes them manish lol
Lambo5688
02-01-08, 09:02 PM
Men shaving their legs is maddd GAY. If it grows let it grow, don't be a little pansy.
Pippin1376
02-01-08, 09:16 PM
Better to trim than shave, gay people shave remember that.
I dunno, I've seen some pretty hairy gay people. And anyways if he wants to shave that doesn't make him any less of a man. Some men don't like to have hairy legs, if that's the case and it is allowed then let them shave it off.
Wrestlers shave their entire bodies. some boxers shave as well, as do runners, and other sports athletes. Does that mean they are gay? Nope.
The man asked a simple question, let's not be quick to say that only gay people do what you want to do because that doesn't help the OP at all.
:)
Lambo5688
02-01-08, 09:17 PM
I dunno, I've seen some pretty hairy gay people. And anyways if he wants to shave that doesn't make him any less of a man. Some men don't like to have hairy legs, if that's the case and it is allowed then let them shave it off.
Wrestles shave their entire bodies. some boxers shave as well, as do runners, and other sports athletes. Does that mean they are gay? Nope.
The man asked a simple question, let's not be quick to say that only gay people do what you want to do because that doesn't help the OP at all.
:)
Wrestles shave? :rotfl: :rotfl: sorry, but that was funny to me
GAL-actic
02-01-08, 09:21 PM
I dunno, I've seen some pretty hairy gay people. And anyways if he wants to shave that doesn't make him any less of a man. Some men don't like to have hairy legs, if that's the case and it is allowed then let them shave it off.
Wrestlers shave their entire bodies. some boxers shave as well, as do runners, and other sports athletes. Does that mean they are gay? Nope.
The man asked a simple question, let's not be quick to say that only gay people do what you want to do because that doesn't help the OP at all.
:)
Yeah ur right I guess if it's allowed in islam then there's nothing wrong about it, but I think it's better if a guy doesn't shave his legs.
LastFriday
02-01-08, 11:16 PM
Men shaving their legs is maddd GAY. If it grows let it grow, don't be a little pansy.
LOL Pansy! Now thats a word i haven't heard in a LONG time....:torture:
Lambo5688
02-01-08, 11:50 PM
, but I think it's better if a guy doesn't shave his legs.
Indeed. :D
LOL Pansy! Now thats a word i haven't heard in a LONG time....:torture:
lol
Z-Blade
03-01-08, 01:09 AM
No question is disgusting when it comes to learning. Leg hair isn't that bad anyways, try to take an open mind at these things and know the Prophet (SAW) talked about them too. So if the Prophet (SAW) talked about it, then we can too without calling it disgusting.
Perhaps you meant the topic is uncomfortable which you are free to feel and is part of human nature, but that doesn't mean it's disgusting. :)
:salams,
You do know you're answering someone who posted that almost 5 years ago and is no longer on the forums? LOL. :outta:
Wassalam.
Omar Mukhtar
03-01-08, 01:23 AM
Move to bro' section.
LOL dis is jokes!! :rofl1:
$HugoBoss$
03-01-08, 06:05 AM
I dunno, I've seen some pretty hairy gay people. And anyways if he wants to shave that doesn't make him any less of a man. Some men don't like to have hairy legs, if that's the case and it is allowed then let them shave it off.
Wrestlers shave their entire bodies. some boxers shave as well, as do runners, and other sports athletes. Does that mean they are gay? Nope.
The man asked a simple question, let's not be quick to say that only gay people do what you want to do because that doesn't help the OP at all.
:)
Where have you seen these hairy gay men and why were you looking at them?????
No shaving is for homos it's better to trim like i've said, you'll just mess your precious legs up :)
Well were not talking about wrestlers or sport athletes because they are required to wear shorts. Is it permissable for muslim men to wear shorts????? Than if nobody can see your hairy legs than why even do it???? And how exactly do you know they shave their entire bodies huh????
If you have really hairy legs than trim it instead of looking like some homosexual :blobblue:
Mickey Mouth
03-01-08, 07:17 AM
If you've ever looked at a human hair under a microscope, and seen all of the bacteria and pathogens crawling around on it, then you'd know for sure why Allah directs us to remove hair from certain areas of the body. It is for our own good, as are all the instructions we receive from the Quran.
If you've ever looked at a human hair under a microscope, and seen all of the bacteria and pathogens crawling around on it, then you'd know for sure why Allah directs us to remove hair from certain areas of the body. It is for our own good, as are all the instructions we receive from the Quran.
I think that if we were to examine statistics regarding disease prevalence, morbidity, and mortality with regard to the respective hairiness of certain populations, we'd find that body hair wasn't a predictor of health or longevity.
Pippin1376
03-01-08, 07:10 PM
Where have you seen these hairy gay men and why were you looking at them?????
It's called school because I live in Canada. I've never met a gay person who shaves.
No shaving is for homos it's better to trim like i've said, you'll just mess your precious legs up :)
Stereotype that isn't true. There are straight males who like to have smooth none hairy legs. You may find that it's only for homos, but it's not.
Well were not talking about wrestlers or sport athletes because they are required to wear shorts. Is it permissable for muslim men to wear shorts????? Than if nobody can see your hairy legs than why even do it???? And how exactly do you know they shave their entire bodies huh????
I know they shave, most of their bodies because I've watched wrestling when I was younger. I watch Swimming and Diving during the Olympics. If you've seen the Rock or any swimmer you know they shaved.
If you have really hairy legs than trim it instead of looking like some homosexual :blobblue:
Please take out the idea that only gay people shave their legs because it is not true. You may continue to use this stereotype but it's wrong sorry to say. *shrugs*
:)
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