Is a person forbidden from entering Paradise with the seventy thousand because of cauterization in his youth?

Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks: Does the one who was cauterized in the early stages of his life, before he became steadfast upon the religion of Allah, then hoped to be among them afterwards, count among the seventy thousand?

Answer:
Cauterization is permissible, but it is disliked because it is torment by fire. Otherwise, it is permissible, or it is a treatment that is part of the Shari'ah, the Prophetic medicine. However, if a person can do without it, that is better, whether in the early stages of his life or otherwise. If he needs it, he is cauterized, and praise be to Allah. This does not contradict tawhid (the oneness of Allah), nor does it contradict the perfection of tawhid when there is a need. But if he can do without it, that is better.