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Is it true that Shi’a women are allowed to pluck their eyebrows despite narrations from the Prophet (pbuh) that seem to disallow it?

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Is it true that Shi’a women are allowed to pluck their eyebrows despite narrations from the Prophet (pbuh) that seem to disallow it?

Rebecca Masterton, Dr Rebecca Masterton graduated with a BA in Japanese Language and Literature; an MA in Comparative East Asian and African Literature and a PhD in Islamic literature of West Africa. She has been... Answered 6 years ago

The narration about not plucking the eyebrows is from Abu Hurayra, who even was accused by 'A'isha of narrating things that weren't true. He is rejected by Shi'i scholars due to his unreliability. Hence, there is no narration in Shi'i sources about women not being allowed to pluck their eyebrows.

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