Is it permissible for women to use makeup and powder on the face?

Is it permissible for women to use makeup and powder on the face?


Source: silsilat ul-hudaa wa nnoor – the series of guidance and light – tape no. 97

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Question: Is it permissible for women to use makeup and powder on the face?

Shaykh al-Albaani answers: “It is not allowed as long as that is from the customs of the disbelievers, for indeed it is imitating (the disbelievers), which has been prohibited in more than one hadeeth.”