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1245225/11/2012

Will watching haraam soap operas and plucking the eyebrows form an impediment to the intercession of the intercessors on the Day of Resurrection?

Question: 185545

Briefly, I read your fatwa having to do with intercession (21672), in which it says that there are some people whose intercession will not be accepted, and I immediately wondered whether I would be one of these people or not?

Please note that, praise be to Allah, I pray, but sometimes I pray and sometimes I do not, then I go back to praying, then I stop again, and so on. But this time in sha Allah I will be one of those who persist in it. I do not listen to music, praise be to Allah. I watch Turkish soap operas, but I do not look at provocative scenes. But my fear is that I may be cursed because of my eyebrows, because I pluck my eyebrows and I remove excess hair from them. Will this form an impediment to the intercession of Ahl al-Bayt and of Sayyiduna Muhammad, or the mercy of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted?

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

Firstly: 

We
ask Allah to guide you and enable you to offer the prescribed prayers
regularly and not to slacken in that at all, and to enable you to do that in
the manner with which He is pleased, for prayer is very important, to such
an extent that it is the thing that stands between a person and disbelief (kufr),
as the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Between
disbelief and faith there stands giving up the prayer.” Narrated by at-Tirmidhi
(2618); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani. It is also narrated by Muslim (82)
as follows: “Between a man and shirk and kufr there stands his giving up
prayer.”

Abu Dawood (429) narrated that Abu’d-Darda’ said: The Messenger of Allah
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “There are five things;
whoever does them with faith will enter Paradise: whoever regularly offers
the five daily prayers with their wudoo’, bowing, and prostration, and
offers them on time; fasts Ramadan; goes on pilgrimage to the House if he is
able to do so; gives zakaah willingly and happily; and fulfils trusts.”
Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood. 

Secondly: 

Watching soap operas and movies is haraam and is not permissible. Claiming
that you do not look at provocative scenes indicates that these productions
may contain provocative and haraam scenes, so it is not permissible for a
Muslim, man or woman, to expose himself or herself to that which will
provoke temptation and cause them to fall into haraam, especially since most
of what is shown in movies and other productions inevitably contains things
that are contrary to Islam, such as uncovering ‘awrahs and listening to
music, as well as being a waste of time in worthless pursuits. For further
discussion of the prohibition on watching movies and other productions, and
the negative impact they have on people’s beliefs and morals, please see the
answers to questions no. 114707 and
125535

Thirdly: 

Cutting the hair of the eyebrows, or trimming it by cutting the edges,
shaving them or plucking them for the purpose of beautification is haraam,
because that is changing the creation of Allah and following the Shaytaan in
his deceit of man and instructing him to change the creation of Allah. 

For more information on that, please see the answers to questions no.
2162 and 22393.

With regard to cutting the hair between the eyebrows and excess hair that
may be bothersome, such as that which may fall over the eyes and block the
vision, that is permissible and there is nothing wrong with it. Ibn
‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said: 

The namas that is mentioned in the hadith refers to plucking the hair and
thinning it. As for merely removing excess hair so that it does not block
one’s vision or in order to avoid harm it may cause by falling onto the eye,
there is no doubt that this is permissible.

End quote from Liqa’ al-Baab al-Maftooh (81/31) 

Please see also the answers to questions no. 3928 and
9037

Fourthly: 

You should not entertain the notion that you are cursed because of what you
have fallen into. Yes, the one who plucks the eyebrows or stops praying is
exposed to that risk and deserves that because of his or her action, unless
he is forgiven. But what you should do, and what makes sense for you to do,
is to hasten to give up that which may bring the curse or the wrath of Allah
upon the one who does it, and you should hasten to correct any faults you
may have, and make up for any shortcomings you may have, whilst also
repenting sincerely to Allah from what you have done in the past, and
hastening to do good. 

Please see the answer to question no. 36674

Fifthly: 

Intercession on the Day of Resurrection will be of avail to whomever Allah
wills of those who committed sins, acts of disobedience and major sins,
among the people who affirmed His Oneness. We cannot be certain that
intercession will be withheld from anyone except those who disbelieved and
ascribed partners to Allah. There may be some sinners among those who
affirmed Allah’s Oneness who will enter Hell for their sins until Allah
brings them forth from it when they have been cleansed from their sins. 

Intercession for those who committed sins and acts of disobedience will not
only be granted to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him);
rather the Prophets, the martyrs, the scholars, the righteous and the angels
will also have a share of intercession. 

Please see the answers to questions no. 21672 and
26259.

Based on that, we cannot definitively say that plucking the eyebrows or
other actions that may result in a curse or punishment – Allah forbid – will
rule out the intercession of those who intercede on the Day of Resurrection,
whether that is the intercession of the Prophet (blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him) or the intercession of others such as the righteous, good
people of Ahl al-Bayt or others, especially since the Prophet  (blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “My intercession will be for those
among my ummah who committed major sins.”

Narrated by Abu Dawood (4739); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in
Saheeh Abi Dawood

Conclusion: 

What you should do, instead of making yourself anxious, doubtful and
confused, and perhaps despair of the mercy of Allah or of attaining
intercession, is to hasten to put things right between you and your Lord,
think positively of Him, and turn to Him in sincere repentance, in the hope
that He may turn your bad deeds into good deeds. 

And Allah knows best.

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