The Ruling on Cosmetic Surgeries
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The questioner:
He says: What is the ruling on cosmetic surgeries if there is sagging in the eyelids, the neck, or the eyebrows, and they perform a tightening procedure so that it returns as if it were?
The Shaykh:
If there is something that harms him, there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner:
There is nothing in it that is better than you.
The Shaykh:
If there is something that harms him or disfigures his creation, something happened in it, a defect occurred, an illness occurred, something happened in his eyelid, or in his finger, or in his cheek, or in his face, Abbas. As for meddling, which means changing the creation of Allah, it is not permissible. But if there are reasons, it is permissible. A person may be injured in his nose, he may be injured in his ear, he may be injured in his face and blackness appears, or something like that.
The questioner:
Does cosmetic surgery, may Allah preserve you, mean it reaches the point of changing the creation of Allah?
The Shaykh:
If it has no reasons, no.
The questioner:
Cosmetic surgery.
The Shaykh:
It appears it is not valid if it is as it is scattered.
The questioner:
He improves his nose, he improves some things in his face, he improves some matters.
The Shaykh:
If there is a defect or an illness that he has no control over.
The questioner:
It may be under the name of cosmetic surgery that he changes his appearance, he committed a crime or something or so, he changes his face from the image.
The Shaykh:
So, may Allah guide you, there is no gambling and no command for it, for the creation of Allah, if there is something that necessitates change. But if blackness occurs, if pimples occur in his face, if boils occur, if something occurs, meaning
The questioner:
Congenital fluids.
The Shaykh:
Or a congenital extra part is added, like an extra finger,
He says: What is the ruling on cosmetic surgeries if there is sagging in the eyelids, the neck, or the eyebrows, and they perform a tightening procedure so that it returns as if it were?
The Shaykh:
If there is something that harms him, there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner:
There is nothing in it that is better than you.
The Shaykh:
If there is something that harms him or disfigures his creation, something happened in it, a defect occurred, an illness occurred, something happened in his eyelid, or in his finger, or in his cheek, or in his face, Abbas. As for meddling, which means changing the creation of Allah, it is not permissible. But if there are reasons, it is permissible. A person may be injured in his nose, he may be injured in his ear, he may be injured in his face and blackness appears, or something like that.
The questioner:
Does cosmetic surgery, may Allah preserve you, mean it reaches the point of changing the creation of Allah?
The Shaykh:
If it has no reasons, no.
The questioner:
Cosmetic surgery.
The Shaykh:
It appears it is not valid if it is as it is scattered.
The questioner:
He improves his nose, he improves some things in his face, he improves some matters.
The Shaykh:
If there is a defect or an illness that he has no control over.
The questioner:
It may be under the name of cosmetic surgery that he changes his appearance, he committed a crime or something or so, he changes his face from the image.
The Shaykh:
So, may Allah guide you, there is no gambling and no command for it, for the creation of Allah, if there is something that necessitates change. But if blackness occurs, if pimples occur in his face, if boils occur, if something occurs, meaning
The questioner:
Congenital fluids.
The Shaykh:
Or a congenital extra part is added, like an extra finger,
Source
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