Are Muslim women who commit sins like wearing tight clothes and plucking their eyebrows despairing of Allah's mercy? How can the hadiths of warning be reconciled with the hadiths of the vastness of mercy? Do their sins absolutely prevent Allah's mercy, despite their acts of worship? Will supplication, seeking forgiveness, and charity benefit them? Is it permissible to dedicate the reward of ongoing charity to them after death, even if they have not repented?

Displaying adornments (تبرج) and plucking eyebrows (نمص) are major sins (kabāʾir). This is because those who commit these acts have been cursed, and a curse is only pronounced upon a major sin. However, the curse does not necessarily imply eternal damnation in Hellfire or absolute expulsion from Allah's mercy.

It is permissible to supplicate for them for mercy and forgiveness, and to give charity on their behalf. They will receive the reward of ongoing charity (ṣadaqah jāriyah) and other forms of charity, even if they did not repent, as long as they were Muslims. It is not a condition for ongoing charity that it must come from a relative.