The Ruling on Cosmetic Procedures
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The questioner:
The benefits of explaining the book *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim li-Mukhalafat Ahl al-Jahim* by Ibn Taymiyyah. This falls under cosmetic procedures, for which clinics and advertisements are dedicated.
The Shaykh:
Cosmetic procedures are of two types: cosmetic treatment for the purpose of healing, such as removing a defect or disfigurement; there is nothing wrong with this. As for the moderate thing, or the thing that has no defect, and then one messes with it under the name of what they call beautification, this is in reality changing the creation of Allah, and it is disfigurement, not beautification. Yes.
The questioner:
But it is forbidden.
The Shaykh:
Yes, if it is not for the purpose of healing, it is forbidden; because it is changing the creation of Allah without a valid legal justification.
The benefits of explaining the book *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim li-Mukhalafat Ahl al-Jahim* by Ibn Taymiyyah. This falls under cosmetic procedures, for which clinics and advertisements are dedicated.
The Shaykh:
Cosmetic procedures are of two types: cosmetic treatment for the purpose of healing, such as removing a defect or disfigurement; there is nothing wrong with this. As for the moderate thing, or the thing that has no defect, and then one messes with it under the name of what they call beautification, this is in reality changing the creation of Allah, and it is disfigurement, not beautification. Yes.
The questioner:
But it is forbidden.
The Shaykh:
Yes, if it is not for the purpose of healing, it is forbidden; because it is changing the creation of Allah without a valid legal justification.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [924] حكم عمليات التجميل |فوائد شرح اقتضاء الصراط المستقيم|الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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