Beautician shaping one’s eyebrows without one’s consent
Q: If a beautician shapes one’s eyebrows without one’s consent, is one sinful? One will no longer be going to such a beautician.
Dress & Attire
Dressing one's children in Islamic attire
Q: How do you make a person who believes that it is not necessary for minor children to be dressed in an “Islamic attire” understand the importance of following the Sunnah from an early age? They feel that theres no need for minors to wear burkas or kurtas etc. Hence it is fine to make them wear western attire. Please advise.
Applying mendhi patterns
Q: Is it permissible to apply mendhi patterns for a female?
Boy wearing maroon clothing
Q: I wanted to know if a boy is allowed to wear maroon colour clothing.
Sunnah clothes to wear when one sleeps
Q: For men and women, what is the appropriate and sunnah clothes to wear when one sleeps? Should the satr be covered when sleeping or can a man sleep with a t-shirt and shorts for example?
Shaving the moustache if one does not have a beard
Q: Is one allowed to shave the moustache if he does not have a beard at all?
Sunnah length and colour of a turban
Q: What is sunnah of wearing an imaamah (turban) e.g. length, colour, etc.?
Wearing a soccer shirt with a cross symbol
Q: Please can you advise on the permissibility of wearing the England football shirt? Unfortunately many brothers have taken to not only wearing this, but also displaying the England flag on their houses during football matches. They also do this with the Union Jack flag during the Olympics/for celebration of the queens milestones (e.g. jubilee celebration).
The arguments put forth by these individuals are that the cross symbol is no longer solely representative of the Christian faith and identity as it is used more widely nowadays to represent other things and doesn’t just signify one is a Christian. As an example, they say that just because isis used the seal of the prophet Muhammad ﷺ does that mean everyone who uses the seal of the Prophet ﷺ follows isis? They also say that as wearing a necktie was once associated with the cross but no longer is today, in the same vein, wearing the St. George’s Cross of England flag no longer represents Christianity.
Please can you provide us with a clear cut answer as the brothers are unsure how to respond to some of these shubuhat.
Tucking one's pants inside one's socks that will go below one's ankles
Q: If a person has long socks due to extreme cold weather conditions and then he tucks his pants inside them in such a way that they cover the ankles, will this be permissible?
This is seen to be done by some people as it somehow brings a sense of comfort in extremes cold conditions. Outwardly, the trouser will not be seen to be below the ankle, however it is below, but covered by the warm socks that he wears.
Child mistakenly cutting woman's hair
Q: If a woman’s hair was cut by mistake by a child,
1. Would she be sinful for having different length hair?
2. Would it be permissible to trim all the hair to one length?