Darul Uloom Deoband, in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur has issued fatwa against Muslim women using nail polish because it is un-Islamic and illegal. According to him, applying nail polish on nails is un-islamic. However, applying mehendi on nails is not forbidden. Mufti Ishrar Gaura, member of Darul-Uloom Deoband said that women should, instead, use Mehendi for cosmetic purposes.
The fatwa was issued on Sunday. However, this is not the first time that Islamic seminary has issued such kind of the fatwa. Last year, it issued a fatwa banning the Muslim women from the plucking, trimming, the shaping their eyebrows and cutting hair. And now they banning the use of nail polish.
In July, Darul Uloom Deoband, had issued a fatwa against waxing and shaving saying that these are against Islamic culture.
Maulana L Sadiq Qasmi, head of Darul Iftaa said, “The hair adds to beauty of Muslim women and they should never cut the hair.” He added that the trend of Muslim ladies to go beauty parlour has increased in the country, which is not a good sign. It should be stopped. The Muslim women should stay away from beauty parlours as Islam does not permit the muslim ladies to have make-up to attract other male members.
Recently Darul Uloom Deoband had also issued one more Fatwa prohibiting Muslim men and women from posting photographs of themselves and their families on social media sites -Facebook , Twitter and Whattsapp. Mufti Mukkaram also came out in support of the fatwa. “If a picture is clicked to be used in Aadhaar card, the passport and other useful documents it is ok, but for useless things such as to upload it on social media sites, it is not right.