In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Mercy-Giving.

All praise is due to Allah. Peace and blessings be upon His Messenger Muhammad.

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is reported to have cursed an-namisah, a woman who plucks other’s eyebrows, and al-mutanammisah, a woman who has her eyebrows plucked.

According to the majority of scholars, it is not permissible to remove the hair of eyebrows whether by plucking or shaving.

According to the Hanbalites, however, it is plucking only that is impermissible, while shaving is not impermissible. This means that plucking is unanimously prohibited.

Some scholars even included it among enormous sins. However, shaping eyebrows by shaving or any other means is a controversial issue.

 

Accordingly, if the eyebrow has a normal shape that does not make a woman look ugly or cause her to feel embarrassed, then a woman has to avoid reshaping it. If the thickness of the eyebrow is so abnormal that it makes her look ugly or causes her to feel embarrassed, then she may remove the additional hair, according to the Hanbalite point of view.

 

Allah Almighty knows best.