Is it permissible to lighten a few small hairs of the eyebrow, for fear of falling into the suspicion of plucking (al-namṣ) or tempting young men, knowing that the niqabi woman will not show her eyebrow except to women?
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Lightening eyebrows is permissible if the intention is to dye them blonde. Abstaining from this permissible act for fear of falling into the forbidden is a praiseworthy piety and virtue, and a weak has been reported concerning it. There is no blame on one who lightens her eyebrows, and she is not held accountable for the transgressions of others against the , for every soul is a pledge for what it has earned. Whoever abstains from it will be rewarded for her action.
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