Fatwa ID: 03291

Answered by: Alimah Nasima Umm Hamza​

Question

In Islam are women allowed to shave and wax their beards?

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 

Answer:

Yes, it is permitted for women to remove facial hair, including the beard and moustache. [1]

Only Allah Ta'ala knows best.

Written by Alimah Nasima Umm Hamza

Check and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

[1] Ibn Abideen, Raddul Muhtaar. Volume 6, page 373