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What are the limits of the eyebrow? And is trimming the part of the conjoined eyebrows above the nose considered the accursed plucking (nams), and is the fatwa of the Saudi Permanent Committee regarding the permissibility of this act correct?

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The eyebrow is the hair that grows on the rounded bone above the eyes, and this bone is called the orbit. Removing the hair connected between the two eyebrows above the nose is permissible and is not considered plucking (namṣ).

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