, ▁people ▁wouldn ' t ▁be ▁je alous ▁of ▁their ▁beauty . ▁In ▁the ▁centuries - old ▁Indian ▁B har at nat ay am ▁d ances , ▁the ▁d anc ers ▁apply ▁heavy ▁k ohl ▁to ▁their ▁eyes ▁so ▁as ▁to ▁draw ▁attention ▁to ▁their ▁eye ▁gest ures ▁and ▁movement . ▁The ▁k ohl ▁is ▁then ▁applied ▁to ▁e y eb rows ▁and ▁e y el ids ▁to ▁add ▁further ▁enh ancement ▁to ▁the ▁d anc ers . ▁ ▁K ohl ▁and ▁Islam ▁ ▁In ▁Islam , ▁ ▁Muhammad ▁used ▁k ohl ▁and ▁recommended ▁others ▁to ▁use ▁it ▁because ▁he ▁believed ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁benef icial ▁for ▁the ▁eyes ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁following ▁saying ▁by ▁him : ▁" One ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁kinds ▁of ▁k ohl ▁that ▁you ▁use ▁is ▁I th mid ▁( ant im ony ); ▁it ▁bright ens ▁the ▁vision ▁and ▁makes ▁the ▁hair ▁( ey e - l ash es ) ▁grow " ▁and ▁he ▁" used ▁to ▁apply ▁k ohl ▁to ▁his ▁right ▁eye ▁three ▁times , ▁and ▁to ▁his ▁left ▁eye ▁twice ." ▁It ▁is ▁used ▁by ▁many ▁Muslim ▁men ▁today ▁during ▁Ram ad an ▁as ▁a ▁sign ▁of ▁dev otion ▁although ▁the ▁practice ▁is ▁not ▁univers ally ▁agreed ▁upon ▁as ▁being ▁based ▁on ▁authentic ▁sources . ▁ ▁Pre par ation ▁Pre par ation ▁of ▁hom em ade ▁k aj al ▁begins ▁with ▁di pping ▁a ▁clean , ▁white , ▁thin ▁mus lin ▁cloth , ▁about ▁four ▁by ▁four ▁inches ▁square , ▁in ▁sand al wood ▁paste