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1989. It was narrated that 'Abdullāh said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ 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 Allāh." 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 Allāh ﷺ cursed? And it is in the Book of Allāh." 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).'"[1] She said: "Of course." He said: 'The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ 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." 'Abdullāh said: "If she was as you say, I would not have kept her with me." (Sahih)
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Removing and plucking hair is about the facial hair, which does not look good on the faces of women; plucking, removing them is not allowed Islamically. But some sort of color may be used that they do not look outstanding.
Some people have their eyebrows naturally join together and they create a gap between them by shaving; or some women make their eyebrows thinner by using different techniques; these are all forbidden and part of this prohibition.
This custom also used to be that it was regarded as a sign of beauty if the front teeth were not joined together; and for this purpose women would make artificial spaces in between the teeth filing them. This is not allowed.
