Using noorah to remove hair
Question I have a question: what is noorah? Did the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) use it? What is the evidence and proof in the Sunnah to that effect?. Praise be to Allah. Firstly: Noorah is composed of calcium and arsenic and was used to remove hair. It would be applied…
Question
Praise be to Allah.
Firstly:
Noorah is
composed of calcium and arsenic and was used to remove hair. It would be
applied to the place, left for a while then washed off, and the hair would
come off with it. See: al-Qamoos al-Fiqhi (1/363) and Zaad
al-Ma’aad (4/364).
Secondly:
With regard
to the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) using it,
that was narrated in some ahaadeeth, but they are all da’eef (weak) and are
not saheeh (sound).
Ibn Maajah
(3751) narrated from Umm Salamah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to apply
noorah (for removing hair).
This hadeeth
was classed as da’eef by al-Busayri in Misbaah al-Zujaajah and by
al-Albaani in Da’eef Sunan Ibn Maajah and by Shu’ayb al-Arna’oot in
Tahqeeq Zaad al-Ma’aad.
Ibn ‘Asaakir
narrated from the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Umar that the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to apply noorah every month and clip
his nails every fifteen days.
This was
classed as da’eef by al-Albaani in Da’eef al-Jaami’ al-Sagheer (no.
4536).
Conclusion:
there is no saheeh hadeeth to indicate that the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) used it, but there is nothing wrong with
using it or using anything else to remove hair, so long as it is not
harmful. But shaving is better, because it is mentioned in the Sunnah, and
the majority of fuqaha’ are of the view that shaving is better.
See:
al-Mawsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah (14/83).
And Allaah
knows best.
