Husband and Wife Shaving Each Other
Question: Dear scholars,
As-Salamu `alaykum. Does
Islam permit a husband to shave his wife's pubic hair and vice versa? Jazakum Allah khayran.
Name of Mufti Sheikh
Ahmad Kutty
Content
of
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most
Merciful.
All
praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His
Messenger.
Dear
brother in Islam, we would like to thank you for the great confidence you place
in us, and we implore Allah Almighty to help us serve His cause and render our
work for His sake.
There
is no `awrah (parts of the body to be hidden) between
the husband and wife. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Guard
your private parts and do not expose them before anyone except your own
spouse.” So, there is nothing wrong for husband and wife to shave each other’s
pubic hair.
In
his response to your question, Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior lecturer and Islamic scholar at the Islamic
Institute of
There
is nothing wrong for a husband or wife, if they so wish, to shave each other’s
pubic hair, for certainly they are allowed to see or touch such areas of their
bodies which must remain covered from others. The Prophet (peace and blessings
be upon him) said, “Guard your private parts and do not expose them before
anyone except your own spouse.”
Excerpted,
with slight modifications, from: www.islam.ca
Allah
Almighty knows best.