7th December 2015
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
Question. What is the ruling of wearing false eyelashes? To permanently attach fake eyelashes and the validity of wudhu.
الجواب حامداً و مصلياً
In the name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer
It is permissible to attach fake eyelashes provided that they are not from human or swine hair. It is however extremely disliked And sinful when worn to draw unwanted attention by exposing their beauty in front of non-mahram males. Other forms such as animal hair or synthetic fibre are permissible.[3] Whether to remove the fake eyelashes or not during wudhu would depend on your natural eyelashes. The scholars state that washing the skin beneath the eyelashes during wudhu is necessary only if the natural eyelashes are so fine that the skin is visible, so that the water reaches the skin. If they are thick, that the skin is not visible then it is not be necessary.[4] You must therefore determine whether removing the attached fake eyelashes is necessary or not based on this principle.
[1] Badai Sanai Kit ābus Salāh Fasl fi kaifiyyati Ghuslil Mayyit, p. 309 vol 2
ثُمَّ يُوَضَّأُ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ لِمَا رُوِيَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ – صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ – أَنَّهُ قَالَ «لِلَّاتِي غَسَّلْنَ ابْنَتَهُ ابْدَأْنَ بِمَيَامِنِهَا، وَمَوَاضِعِ الْوُضُوءِ مِنْهَا» ؛ وَلِأَنَّ هَذَا سُنَّةُ الِاغْتِسَالِ فِي حَالَةِ الْحَيَاةِ فَكَذَا بَعْدَ الْمَمَاتِ
[2] Hindiyah Kitabu Taharat Bāb al Ghusl, p. 16 vol 1
وَإِنْ كَانَ عَلَى ظَاهِرِ بَدَنِهِ جِلْدُ سَمَكٍ أَوْ خُبْزٌ مَمْضُوغٌ قَدْ جَفَّ فَاغْتَسَلَ وَلَمْ يَصِلْ الْمَاءُ إلَى مَا تَحْتَهُ لَا يَجُوزُ
[3] Hindiyah Kitabu Karahiyyah Bābuz Ziyynah, p. 438 vol 5
وَلَا بَأْسَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ فِي قُرُونِهَا وَذَوَائِبهَا شَيْئًا مِنْ الْوَبَرِ كَذَا فِي فَتَاوَى قَاضِي خَانْ
[4] Durrul Muktar & Ibn Ābideen as-Shāmi Kitabut Taharat, Arkanul Wudhu, p. 211 vol 1
(لَا غَسْلُ بَاطِنِ الْعَيْنَيْنِ) وَالْأَنْفِ وَالْفَمِ وَأُصُولِ شَعْرِ الْحَاجِبَيْنِ وَاللِّحْيَةِ وَالشَّارِبِ
يُحْمَلُ هَذَا عَلَى مَا إذَا كَانَا كَثِيفَيْنِ، أَمَّا إذَا بَدَتْ الْبَشَرَةُ فَيَجِبُ كَمَا يَأْتِي لَهُ قَرِيبًا عَنْ الْبُرْهَانِ