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Can Men Dye Their Hands And Feet With Henna? – Answered by the Mufti Shaykh Abdul Aziz
Can men dye their hands and feet with Henna?
Answered by the Mufti Shaykh Abdul Aziz
Question:
Can men dye their hands and feet with Henna?
Shaykh Abdul Aziz:
Henna is placed on the hands of the women for adornment and beautification and it is also upon her head. But as for the men using Henna; if it is for an occupational need due to this person being a blacksmith or a carpenter or the like and it becomes a necessity to use Henna to assist his hands in carrying these things, then there is no sin upon him. This is because this is from the standpoint of protection. As for using it for beautification and to resemble women then this is not permissible.
Translated by Rasheed ibn Estes Barbee
http://www.mufti.af.org.sa/node/2683
Taken from : http://mtws.posterous.com/can-men-dye-their-hands-and-feet-with-henna
Shorts That Do Not Cover Ones Knees – Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-`Uthaymeen
Shorts That Do Not Cover Ones Knees
Question:
What is the ruling regarding people who wear shorts when they play sports and people who watch them play?
Answer:
Playing sports is allowed when it does not prevent one from what is obligatory. If it were to prevent one from something that is obligatory then it would be unlawful. If it becomes something that people spend most of their time in, then it would become a waste of time, in which case the least of what could be said is that it is Mahruh (disliked). As for a person playing a sport, who is wearing only shorts that expose his thigh, or even more then that, then this is not allowed. For what is correct is that it is obligatory for young men to cover their thighs, and that watching a sport whose participants have their thighs exposed like this is not allowed.
Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-`Uthaymeen
Fatawa Islamiyah Vol. 8 Page 256
Taken from : http://www.fatwaislam.com/fis/index.cfm?scn=fd&ID=1282
