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Is it permissible to use "al-shawdhar"—a substance applied after henna to make the henna on the hand black?

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The Sunnah indicates the permissibility of a woman dyeing her hands with henna. Scholars have determined that it is desirable (mustahabb) and that abandoning it is disliked (makrooh). There is no harm in adding shozhar to it.

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