What is the ruling on bleaching the face and eyebrows?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
The apparent ruling is that it is permissible for a married woman to lighten (or dye) her face, with her husband's permission. This is based on the analogy with the permissibility for a woman to redden her face according to the Hanbalis, as lightening is a reddish hue that appears over whiteness.
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