Ruling on Laser Hair Removal for Men and Women

What is the ruling on removing body and face hair.

excluding the eyebrows by laser for women?

And removing hair that one is commanded to remove.

For men as well, by laser. Such as underarm and pubic hair?

First: Is it permissible for a woman.

To remove facial hair and body hair?

We say: as for eyebrow hair.

It is not permissible for a woman to remove it or even thin it.

Rather, she should leave it as Allah ﷻ created it.

So long as it does not go beyond the normal form.

But if it goes beyond the normal form.

Such as growing so long that it falls into the eye.

Or becomes disfiguring to the face.

And this is not natural for women.

Then a woman may remove what goes beyond the normal form.

because this is not altering Allah's creation for beauty.

Rather, it is restoring the form to its original state.

As for facial hair other than the eyebrows, scholars disagreed.

Some scholars say the cursed plucking means removing facial hair entirely.

But the sounder scholarly view is that a woman may remove facial hair.

This refers to hair growing outside the eyebrows.

A woman's natural state is that hair does not grow on her face.

So if it does grow, she may remove it.

As for the rest of the body hair, she may remove it. One question remains.

And that is: may she remove this hair before other women?

The answer is: as for hair in areas a woman may uncover before another woman.

There is no harm in asking her sister or a female doctor to remove it.

As for hair that grows in places she may not uncover before other women.

It is not permissible for her to seek someone to remove this hair.

Because this is not medical treatment that permits exposing the private area.

Rather, this is a matter of beautifying the appearance.

And beautifying the appearance is not medical treatment.

Therefore, we say it is not allowed for a woman to remove hair.

that grows on parts she may not expose before other women, using laser.

Because laser hair removal can only be done with someone else's help.

I have heard from doctors that so-called home laser is harmful.

It causes damage and burns.

Therefore, it may not be used.

As for hair that grows on areas a woman may uncover before women.

There is no harm in seeking help.

By a woman who removes this hair for her by laser in clinics and such.

As for men, a man may not shave his beard.

Nor may he trim anything from it. Even if it exceeds a fistful.

According to the sounder scholarly view.

Because the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said.

"Honor the beards, let them grow, and let them hang."

As for the rest of the hair for which no command to remove it was given.

It seems to me—and Allah ﷻ knows best—that it is not allowed.

for a man to remove it to resemble a woman.

Unless it grows so much that it harms him.

Then he may trim what harms him.

May a man remove his armpit hair with laser?

Yes, if it is established that it does not harm him.

As for pubic hair, it is not permissible to remove it with laser.

For the reason we mentioned concerning women. Allah ﷻ knows best.