Am I permitted to obey my husband in plucking my eyebrows despite his knowledge of its prohibition?
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If the intent behind shaping the eyebrows is to thin and equalize them, then this is the forbidden plucking (namṣ) for which the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, cursed the one who performs it and the one upon whom it is performed. It is not permissible to obey the husband in this act because "there is no obedience to a creature in disobedience to the Creator."
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