Is it permissible to enroll in a school for teaching hairdressing and makeup, for the purpose of adorning veiled women, while adhering to Sharia controls, such as not plucking eyebrows?
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It is permissible to learn the art of makeup and hairdressing if it is free from any Shariah-prohibited elements, and if the intention behind learning is to benefit Muslim women and spare them from going to places of vice, while adhering to the Shariah guidelines for cutting hair and using makeup.
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