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Riyad al-SalihinAl-Nawawi

in the year he performed the ḥajj—while he was standing on the pulpit—he picked up a lock (1) of hair that a guard (2) was holding and exclaimed, “People of Madinah, where are your scholars? I heard the Prophet ﷺ forbid things like this and say, ‘The Children of Israel were only ruined when their women began to use it.’” Agreed upon.

1653 – Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the woman who attaches hair and the one who asks to have it attached, and the tattooer and the tattooed. Agreed upon.

1654 – Ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “Allah has cursed the women who tattoo and those who have themselves tattooed, those who pluck eyebrows, and those who gap their teeth for beauty—altering the creation of Allah.” A woman objected to him about this, whereupon he replied, “Why should I not curse those whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed, when it is in the Book of Allah? Allah the Exalted says: ‘Whatever the Messenger gives you, take it; and whatever he forbids you, abstain from it.’ [Sūrat al-Ḥashr 59:7]” Agreed upon.

“The mutafallijah” is the woman who files her teeth so that they depart slightly from one another, beautifying them—this is called al-washr. “The nāmisah” is the woman who removes hair from someone else’s eyebrow, thinning it to make it look attractive. “The mutanammisah” is the woman who asks another to do that for her.

297 – Chapter: The prohibition of plucking grey hairs from the beard

1655 – ʿAmr ibn Shuʿayb, from his father, from his grandfather (may Allah be pleased with them), reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Do not pluck grey hairs, for they will be a light for the Muslim on the Day of Resurrection.” A ḥasan (sound) hadith, narrated by Abū…

(1) A lock of hair.
(2) One of the guards.
(3) In someone else’s eyebrow.

(1) That is, a lock of hair. (2) The term is the singular of the Sultan’s ḥaras (body-guards). I add: even more reprehensible than the forbidden waṣl (adding false hair) is what many women now wear—artificial hair shaped like a cap, commonly called a “wig” (bāruka)—contrary to the claim of certain would-be jurists who are unfamiliar with the noble hadith and lack understanding of it. (3) I note that the reference to the eyebrow is illustrative, not restrictive, for the linguistic meaning of namṣ is “plucking” in general; it is not confined to the eyebrow or even the face. See my Adab al-Zifāf, p. 114. –N–

عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَتَنَاوَلَ قُصَّةً (١) مِنْ شَعْرٍ كَانَتْ فِي يَدِ حَرَسِيٍّ (٢) فَقَالَ : يَا أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَيْنَ عُلَمَاؤُكُمْ ؟ ! سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ، يَنْهَى عَنْ مِثْلِ هَذِهِ ، وَيَقُولُ : « إِنَّمَا هَلَكَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ حِينَ اتَّخَذَهَا نِسَاؤُهُمْ » متفق عليه . ١٦٥٣ - وعن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، لَعَنَ الْوَاصِلَةَ وَالْمُسْتَوْصِلَةَ ، وَالْوَاشِمَةَ وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَةَ . متفق عليه . ١٦٥٤ - وعن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال : لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْوَاشِمَاتِ وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَاتِ وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ ، وَالْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ لِلْحُسْنِ ، الْمُغَيِّرَاتِ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ ، فَقَالَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَةٌ فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ : وَمَا لِي لَا أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَعَنَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، وَهُوَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ ؟ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى : ﴿وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا﴾ [سورة الحشر الآية ٧] متفق عليه . « الْمُتَفَلِّجَةُ » هي : التي تَبْرُدُ مِنْ أَسْنَانِهَا لِيَتَبَاعَدَ بَعْضُهَا عَنْ بَعْضٍ قَلِيلًا ، وَتُحَسِّنُهَا وَهُوَ الْوُشْرُ . وَالنَّامِصَةُ : التي تَأْخُذُ مِنْ شَعْرِ حَاجِبٍ (٣) غَيْرِهَا ، وَتُرَقِّقُهُ لِيَصِيرَ حَسَنًا . وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَةُ : التي تَأْمُرُ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ بِهَا ذَلِكَ . ٢٩٧ - باب النهي عن نتف الشيب من اللحية ١٦٥٥ - عن عمرو بن شعيب عن أبيه عن جدّه رضي الله عنه ، عن النبي ﷺ ، قال : « لَا تَنْتِفُوا الشَّيْبَ ؛ فَإِنَّهُ نُورُ الْمُسْلِمِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ » حديث حسن ، رواه أبو

(١) أي : خصلة من الشعر . (٢) هو واحد حرسي السلطان . قلت : وشر من الوصل المذكور ما تضعه النساء اليوم من الشعر المستعار على صورة القلنسوة مما يسمى بـ « الباروكة » خلافاً لبعض المتفقهة الذين لا علم لهم بالحديث الشريف ولا تفقه لهم فيه ! . (٣) قلت : ذكر الحاجب هنا ليس على سبيل التحديد ، بل التمثيل ، فإن النمص هو النتف لغة ، ليس خاصاً بالحاجب ولا بالوجه ، راجع كتابي : « آداب الزفاف » (ص ١١٤) - ن - .