Using fruits and vegetables to treat skin problems
Question: 84903
I work in an E-magazine in the family and women section. All my dealings are with women. I try my best to make Da’wah through my work.
There are some health issues women ask about. Like face spots and such skin problems. Is it permissible to advise them to use some natural vegetables and fruits for this purpose? Knowing that I advise them to beautify themselves only at their homes. And that they should not show their beauty but to their husbands and mahrams. Is my work permissible?.
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
If the matter is as you describe, and you (as a woman) deal
with women and discuss matters that are beneficial for them, there is
nothing wrong with that, rather it is hoped that you will be rewarded for
calling people to Allaah and spreading good among people.
There is nothing wrong with using fruits and vegetables to
treat some skin problems, so long as that does not involve extravagance.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was
asked: Some of my friends use eggs, honey and milk to treat freckles that
appear on the face. Is it permissible for them to do that?
He replied: It is well known that these things are foods that
Allaah has created to nourish the body. If a person needs to use them for
something else, such as a remedy, there is nothing wrong with that, because
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“He it is Who created for you all that is on earth”
[al-Baqarah 2:29].
The word “for you” includes all kinds of beneficial
uses, as there is nothing to indicate that it is haraam.
With regard to using them for beautification purposes, there
are other materials that may be used for beautification, and it is better to
use those.
It should be noted that there is nothing wrong with
beautifying oneself, rather Allaah is beautiful and loves beauty, but being
extravagant to such an extent that it becomes a person’s main concern and he
neglects many of his other religious and worldly interests for its sake, is
something that is not appropriate because it is a kind of extravagance, and
Allaah does not like extravagance. End quote from Fataawa al-Mar’ah,
compiled by Muhammad al-Musnid, p. 238.
The fact that these prescriptions may be used by those who
make a wanton display of their beauty (tabarraj) does not matter so long as
your intention is to teach that to those who will use them in permissible
ways.
You should always remember that a woman should only show her
adornment in her house before her husband and mahrams.
May Allaah help us and you to do that which He loves and
which pleases Him.
And Allaah knows best.
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