What is the ruling on cosmetic surgery?
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The questioner : Well, our Shaykh, what is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding cosmetic surgery nowadays?
The Shaykh : Cosmetic procedures are permissible within the limits allowed by the Lawgiver, but the type of cosmetic surgery known today is not permissible; because it is imitating the disbelievers, or the disbelieving women, or the open sinners, or the open sinning women.
The questioner : As long as, for example, our Shaykh, if a person's eyebrow was damaged and his face was disfigured, and then he underwent this cosmetic procedure known among medical professionals?
The Shaykh : If the purpose of this cosmetic procedure is to restore the organ to the state in which Allah created it, then it is permissible.
The Shaykh : Cosmetic procedures are permissible within the limits allowed by the Lawgiver, but the type of cosmetic surgery known today is not permissible; because it is imitating the disbelievers, or the disbelieving women, or the open sinners, or the open sinning women.
The questioner : As long as, for example, our Shaykh, if a person's eyebrow was damaged and his face was disfigured, and then he underwent this cosmetic procedure known among medical professionals?
The Shaykh : If the purpose of this cosmetic procedure is to restore the organ to the state in which Allah created it, then it is permissible.
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