Ruling on Contact Lenses
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Question : A woman asks: What is the ruling on colored contact lenses that are worn solely for adornment?
Answer : Yes. First, it is necessary to ask the doctors whether attaching these lenses to the eye affects it? If they say yes, even in the long term, then it is forbidden, because anything that harms your body is forbidden, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nisa 4:29] [Al-Baqarah 2:195] If the doctors say that attaching these lenses harms the eye, even after some time, it is forbidden. If they say it does not harm the eye, we look at whether she is married.
If the husband agrees to it, there remains another consideration. If he says no, I do not want a woman who beautifies her eye with these lenses, then do not do it. Do not do it. Why? By the right of the husband. People differ. If the husband says there is no objection, we look: Do these lenses beautify the eye but do not take it out of the norm of human eyes? If they say yes, we say there is no harm. But if they say it takes the eye out of the norm of human eyes, meaning it puts a green lens on it, so when you see the woman’s eye you say, this is a cat’s eye. Do you know where the cat is or not? What is the cat? The cat, the cat is wrong, the correct is the cat with an open ba, yes. And beware, if you say "bas" regarding the goat, your companion may think that "bas" (the goat) has come forward. Good.
In any case, may Allah bless you. If these contact lenses resemble the eye of an animal, whether a cat, a rabbit, or otherwise, they are forbidden, because Allah has preferred humans over animals. How does one lower oneself to resemble an animal?
Look at the Qur'an and the Sunnah. When was the description of a human as an animal mentioned in a context of praise or in a context of blame? Allah Mighty and Majestic said:[Al-A'raf 7:176] And He Mighty and Majestic said: [Al-Jumu'ah 62:5] And He the Exalted said in describing those who turn away from the truth: [Al-Muddaththir 74:50-51] meaning from a lion. As for the Sunnah, listen: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Musannaf Abd al-Razzaq 2:194 Sahih Muslim 1622g And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If the texts regarding likening a human to an animal are not found except in a context of blame, is it fitting for a human to change the image of his eye to the eye of an animal? No.
Answer : Yes. First, it is necessary to ask the doctors whether attaching these lenses to the eye affects it? If they say yes, even in the long term, then it is forbidden, because anything that harms your body is forbidden, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And do not kill yourselves [or one another]
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَنفُسَكُمْand do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]
وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِIf the husband agrees to it, there remains another consideration. If he says no, I do not want a woman who beautifies her eye with these lenses, then do not do it. Do not do it. Why? By the right of the husband. People differ. If the husband says there is no objection, we look: Do these lenses beautify the eye but do not take it out of the norm of human eyes? If they say yes, we say there is no harm. But if they say it takes the eye out of the norm of human eyes, meaning it puts a green lens on it, so when you see the woman’s eye you say, this is a cat’s eye. Do you know where the cat is or not? What is the cat? The cat, the cat is wrong, the correct is the cat with an open ba, yes. And beware, if you say "bas" regarding the goat, your companion may think that "bas" (the goat) has come forward. Good.
In any case, may Allah bless you. If these contact lenses resemble the eye of an animal, whether a cat, a rabbit, or otherwise, they are forbidden, because Allah has preferred humans over animals. How does one lower oneself to resemble an animal?
Look at the Qur'an and the Sunnah. When was the description of a human as an animal mentioned in a context of praise or in a context of blame? Allah Mighty and Majestic said:
So his example is like that of the dog: if you chase him, he pants, or if you leave him, he [still] pants
فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ إِن تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ أَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَثThe example of those who were entrusted with the Torah and then did not take it on is like that of a donkey who carries volumes [of books].
مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ حُمِّلُوا التَّوْرَاةَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَحْمِلُوهَا كَمَثَلِ الْحِمَارِ يَحْمِلُ أَسْفَارًا(50) As if they were alarmed donkeys (51) Fleeing from a lion?
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍ(peace and blessings be upon him).
صلى الله عليه وسلم.One who gets back his gift is like a dog which vomits and then swallows that vomit.
العائد في هبته كالكلب يقيء ثم يعود في قيئه.(peace and blessings be upon him) The one who speaks on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon is like a donkey carrying books.
صلى الله عليه وسلم الذي يتكلم يوم الجمعة والإمام يخطب كمثل الحمار يحمل أسفاره.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، حكم العدسات اللاصقه — youtube.com
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