Shaping the eyebrows
Q: Is shaping eyebrows allowed in islam?
Dress & Attire
Black mendhi
Q: Someone has asked me to mix black mendi for them so they can apply it to the white hairs of their beard. I heard black mendhi or black dye is impermissable. So if I mix red mendhi with the black mendhi and make it dark brown will this be allowed?
Imaamah and Topi
Q: I read the hadith "The difference between us and the pagans is that we wear the 'imama on top of the qalansuwa" (Abu Dawud). Does this mean that the mere wearing of a topi resembles the practise of the pagans and that it is better for us to wear imamas? The only problem for me wearing an imama is that it is uncommon amongst the Muslims where I live, most people including elders and teachers wear topi, and I am afraid that I give myself a higher rank than I am worth if I wear an imama. Is this a valid excuse not to wear an imama?
Dying one's hair with tea and pomegranate leaves
Q: Can tea nd pomegrant leaves be used for hair coloring? Is it allowed or not?
Women cutting their hair for medical reasons
Q: My hair is very long. I do not cut it anymore, but I am in my last month of pregnancy. My head gets hot so I don't use hair dryer. Then I get a headache. Also when a baby is born, I feel I may not cope, my hair is thick. Is it possible to cut my hair, just this once?
Wearing 3/4 shorts and tshirt
Q: When playing sports to keep fit e.g squash or soccer etc, is it permissible to wear 3/4 shorts and tshirt, or must one wear a short kurtha?
Wearing an overall
Q: On Bakri eid we find that many people who usually wear kurthas and sunnat libaas leave the sunnat clothing and wear 3/4 shorts and tshirt, with the excuse that we cannot make Qurbani /work with a kurtha on. Do we find this in the life of Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam that he would wear different clothes when doing messy work etc or should one stick to wearing the kurtha when doing hard work etc?
Women cutting their hair
Q: I have long hair and I refrain from cutting my hair after I came to know that for women it is impermissible to cut their hair. I observe hijab Alhumdulilah and I was wanting to have a nice hair cut not for any other purpose just because I want to have a nice hair cut once. Will it be permissible to cut my hair or is it haram?
Growing one's hair till the ear lobes
Q: What is the most preferable sunnah regarding keeping hair for males as we know that Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam's) hair was long except one 4 or 5 occasions?
Piercing the ear
Q: My daughter want to get a piercing on the top of her ear. She does wear a scarf when she goes out. Is it permissible?