The ruling on wearing colored contact lenses
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Question:
This questioner says: What is the ruling on wearing colored contact lenses?
Answer:
Colored contact lenses, like glasses, are worn if a person needs them. If he does not need them, he does not wear them. If wearing them is without need, it is not permissible. If he wears them out of need, there is no harm, whether they are glasses or contact lenses. However, the colored ones—meaning those that change the color of the eye—change the eye’s color from its natural state. This is altering Allah’s creation, and it is not permissible. It is also deception of whoever sees them, as they assume this is the eye’s original color. It is falsifying what is not true.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This questioner says: What is the ruling on wearing colored contact lenses?
Answer:
Colored contact lenses, like glasses, are worn if a person needs them. If he does not need them, he does not wear them. If wearing them is without need, it is not permissible. If he wears them out of need, there is no harm, whether they are glasses or contact lenses. However, the colored ones—meaning those that change the color of the eye—change the eye’s color from its natural state. This is altering Allah’s creation, and it is not permissible. It is also deception of whoever sees them, as they assume this is the eye’s original color. It is falsifying what is not true.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-036-الفتوى وعمن تؤخذ|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (23:10)
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