DALEEL: MAKE UP OUTSIDE OR IN IS NOT HARAM AND THE PROPHETS WIVES AND DAUGHTER WORE KOHL OUTSIDE THE HOME

[Laila Nasheeba]

 

As Salaamu Alaikoum,

 

We get the following question most every other day here at sunnahfollowers -  is it haram for women to wear makeup outside the house?  Again we tell you to be careful using the word Haram because only Allah has the authority to make things haram.  Make up is not haram especially if worn as it is supposed to be worn - to hide what should not be seen - not enhance.  Kohl is a make-up and the prophet's wives and daughters wore it outside the house and here is the evidence.  So again be careful using the word "haram" without evidence. 

 

Finally,  Allah says in the Quran:

وَقُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَ

"And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts) and not to show off their adornment except only that which is apparent .." - Quran 24:31

 

Many scholars of Tafseer say that "except only that which is apparent"  excuses the eyes and hands from the rules of adornment. 

 

So again, when you come to the website and learn something new, please dont waste our time debating.  If you dont agree with something or if something is too much for you - take to to the prayer rug and debate it with Allah - not us here.  And never use the word "haram" on this website unless you can back it with clear evidence.

 

Can women wear Kohl or make-up outside the house?

 

Praise be to Allah,

First of all let me remind you that the haram has been clearly defined to us by Allah and his Messenger. To say a thing is haram you must be able to provide the CLEAR EVIDENCE proving it. For example, to say it is haram to eat pork, one will have to go get the CLEAR EVIDENCE wherein Allah or the Messenger said it is haram. The same applies to khol and other things.

For one to say that is is HARAM for a woman to wear khol, they must bring forth the Clear Hadith. The Clear Hadith is one that Clearly states: No Muslim woman can wear Khol. When you ask a person to bring forth the hadith proving Khol to be haram for women, they can not, and the reason they can not is because no such hadith exists.

The Lawful is clear and the Unlawful is clear:

"The lawful is clear and the unlawful is clear..."   [Bukhari and Muslim]

In between those things that are lawful and unlawful, are some things that are doubtful and the doubtful things are those things in which Allah and his messenger did not address. Khol is not one of those things because the prophet(sa) addressed it in many hadiths:

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:

Wear your white garments, for they are among your best garments, and shroud your dead in them. Among the best types of collyrium you use is antimony (Khol) it clears the vision and makes the hair sprout. [Dauod]

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said,

"Apply antimony, for it clears the sight and makes the hair grow." And he asserted that the Prophet had a collyrium-case from which he applied collyrium every night in three times each eye. [Tirmidhi transmitted it]

When the Prophet(sa) had revealed to the people that when making hajj, if one has not brought the sacrificial animals with them, they should put off ihram and treat the hajj as an umrah, Ali came from the Yemen with the sacrificial animals for the Prophet (peace be upon him) and found Fatimah (Allah be pleased with her) to be one among those who had put off Ihram and had put on dyed clothes and had applied antimony. He (Ali) showeddisapproval to it, whereupon she said: My father has commanded me to do this. [Muslim]

Hajj as you know is a public event meaning we perform it outside the house in the presence of others. Fatima put on Khol to continue her Umrah. If it were haram for a woman to wear Khol she would not have worn it.

Conclusion: Khol is an antimony which when applied to the eyes does not wash off easily for it goes inside the eye. This being so it may stay on for days. If it were haram for a woman to wear Khol, the Prophet(sa) would have stated, Khol to be lawful for only the Males of this nation, just as he said, Silk and Gold are only lawful for the Females of this nation. Allah tells us that our religion is complete, meaning he left nothing out, he made no mistakes. Be careful using this word "Haram". The reality is that most things are Lawful and the Haram is few. Anyone who says a thing is haram must be able to bring forth the clear Proof. If he or she can not do so, then they are guilty of making the lawful haram which is Shirk Al Akbar, and this is a sin in which Allah will never forgive. We must learn that Islam is not based on our likes or dislikes, and being so, we must stop imposing our opinions into this deen.

The Prophet(sa) said anyone who imposes a condition into this religion that was not imposed by Allah will have it rejected. [Muslim]

This answer is also supported by Shaykh Mustapha Morsy the founding Scholar of our Website and a member of the Assembly of Muslim Jurists of North America

AND ALLAH KNOWS BEST

 

 

[Laila Nasheeba]