Is it permissible to pluck grey hair?

· 12 Shaʻban 1444 AH1 min readFatwa 23578English
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Question

Is it permissible islamically to pluck ones grey hair in beard?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

It is disliked to pluck one’s grey or white hair.[1] Nabī Sallallāhu Alaihi Wa Sallam has stated:

Do not pluck white hair. Whichever Muslim grows white hair in Islām, it will be Nūr (celestial light) for him on the Day of Judgment. (Sunan Abī Dāwūd)

However, if a young person has grey or white hair, it is permissible to pluck such hair as white and grey hair before its time is a defect. It is permissible to remove a defect.[2]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Abdul Azīm bin Abdur Rahman,
Student Darul Iftaa
U.S.A.

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

(2020-06-14)

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

لَا تَنْتِفُوا الشَّيْبَ، مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَشِيبُ شَيْبَةً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ - قَالَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ: «إِلَّا كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» (سنن أبي داود، باب: في نتف الشيب)

[1] (قوله ولا بأس بنتف الشيب) الظاهر حمله علي القليل والتعبير بلا بأس يفيد أن الأولي تركه لما أنه نور ووقار كما ورد (حاشية الطحطاوي علي الدر، ج 4، ص 203)

(قَوْلُهُ وَلَا بَأْسَ بِنَتْفِ الشَّيْبِ) قَيَّدَهُ فِي الْبَزَّازِيَّةِ بِأَنْ لَا يَكُونَ عَلَى وَجْهِ التَّزَيُّنِ. (رد المحتار، ج 6، ص 407، سعيد)

نَتْفُ الشَّيْبِ مَكْرُوهٌ لِلتَّزْيِينِ لَا لِتَرْهِيبِ الْعَدُوِّ كَذَا نُقِلَ عن الْإِمَامِ كَذَا في جَوَاهِرِ الْأَخْلَاطِيِّ (الهندية، ج 5، ص 359، مكتبه رشيدية)

[2] أحسن الفتاوي، ج 8، ص 183، سعيد

Answered by
Abdul Azīm bin Abdur Rahman
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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