بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
There are many reasons women don't need makeup. Well, contrary to popular belief, life as you know it will not end if you skip makeup and opt for a fresh face.
But cosmetics, they have become the need of society. People spend monthly on these and the amount of variety is so high that cosmetics are available for different seasons and climates as well. The makers claim to have their own RnD and make one of the finest products for us. We all know that it is very difficult these days for someone to just make a product beneficial for its customers; he ought to make a huge profit out of it. Quality is compromised most of the times and generally a common man is unable to raise the voice or submit complain on which action would be taken. Many times it happens that the ingredients mentioned are not true and that affects us. So there is an ugly side to these beauty products as well.
As Muslims we save ourselves all those troubles by simply following the guidance and teachings from the Qur'an and Sunnah.
Wearing kohl is one of the sunnahs of the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace). It is allowed for both males and females. Unless you will bring undue attention to yourself, it is permissible for you to wear kohl.
Makeup is different: It is not permissible for a woman to wear makeup in front of non-mahram men, because she is commanded to cover her face in front of them and because wearing makeup is an adornment that leads to fitnah. She will have the burden of sin for tabarruj (wanton display).
It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (17/128): Using kohl is allowed in Islam, but it is not permissible for a woman to show any of her adornment, whether kohl or anything else, to anyone other than her husband or mahrams, because Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what must ordinarily appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands’ fathers, their sons, their husbands’ sons, their brothers, or their brothers’ sons or their sisters’ sons, or their women or the servants whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex, and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O you Believers, turn you all together towards Allah, that you may attain Bliss”. (Qur’an, An-Noor 24:31).
Scholars have interpreted the directive to not display beauty and ornaments except what ordinarily appears in terms of ordinary adornment and extra adornment. Ordinary adornments like kohl, henna, or a ring are permissible to wear in public. Extra adornment, like perfume, lipstick, dazzling eye colors, and the like are not permissible to wear in public. In short, any type of adornment which makes a woman look “made-up” and attracts amorous attention is not permissible, as this would defeat the whole purpose of hijab.
It is also not permitted for women to go out wearing perfume because the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) firmly forbade it in rigorously authenticated hadiths.
Deodorant and creams that have a light scent – such that it is not obviously discernible to others unless they get really close – are permitted; however, women should avoid heavily scented personal care products.
In this age of fitnah and provocation, immorality, liberalism and confusion, may Allah reward those women who are part of the 'shajaratul taiba' (the goodly tree), who have made the commitment to keep their hijaab, niqaabs and to keep themselves pure, to fulfill their obligation to worship Allah, to study the Qur'an, to follow the sunnahs of the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace), to face their non practicing families, to stay quietly in the houses and rehearse from the verses of Allah and the guidance of the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace), to raise and impart to their children the adab of Islam and to engage as much as they can in remembrance of Allah and tazkiyah and purging the fitnah of Dajjal and immorality. They are the goodly tree that bear the goodly fruits as mentioned in the Qur'an.
May Allah make us and our sons and daughters that goodly tree that bear goodly fruits. Ameen.
And Allah knows best.
Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wassallam.
Wassalaam
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