Is it permissible to cut off the extra finger beyond the five?
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The Shaykh : But is it permissible to cut off the extra finger?
The student: By Allah, O Shaykh, what Allah the Exalted creates is not something for a person to interfere with.
The Shaykh : It is strange if it is an extra one.
The student: No, except for something that harms him.
The Shaykh : No, if there is no harm, he wears the sandal and does not care and is not affected, but by Allah, the problem is that people, when they see him praying next to them and he has seven fingers, they are disgusted. So is it permissible to cut it off?
The student: By Allah, O Shaykh, what Allah the Exalted creates.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is known that everything Allah creates.
The student: This is not for humans to interfere with, because ... the action of Allah the Exalted ... and whoever opposes, what is his action? The creation of Allah the Exalted, so the soul is something from it.
The Shaykh : We cut the nails.
The student: Cutting the nails, O Shaykh, is in accordance with the Shari'ah.
The Shaykh : What is it for? To remove harm. This causes harm, and this is more so.
In any case, the previous scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) say that it is not permissible to cut off the extra finger, and they reasoned this by saying that there is a danger that the blood will pulse. But in the present time, is there danger or not? There is no danger, and many things the jurists specified as forbidden, reasoning that they were dangerous, have now become not dangerous. Hemorrhoids, for example, the jurists forbid them, saying that if a hemorrhoid is cut, the blood might bleed. Now there is absolutely no danger in cutting a hemorrhoid; it is like removing a thorn, easy and without danger.
Opening the belly of a pregnant woman to bring out the child, the jurists forbid it, saying it is not possible. Now it is easy and there is no danger. If the mother dies and there is a moving fetus in her belly, the jurists say it is not possible to open her belly. The correct view is that it is permissible to open her belly to extract the child. Did you understand, Salim? There is nothing wrong, if Allah wills, with cutting off the extra finger, because there is no doubt that the person will be psychologically affected. And if it is permissible for a person to cover a disappearing defect, such as if the nose is cut, it is permissible to graft something on it, then this is even more so. The time is up, we return to the lesson.
The student: By Allah, O Shaykh, what Allah the Exalted creates is not something for a person to interfere with.
The Shaykh : It is strange if it is an extra one.
The student: No, except for something that harms him.
The Shaykh : No, if there is no harm, he wears the sandal and does not care and is not affected, but by Allah, the problem is that people, when they see him praying next to them and he has seven fingers, they are disgusted. So is it permissible to cut it off?
The student: By Allah, O Shaykh, what Allah the Exalted creates.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is known that everything Allah creates.
The student: This is not for humans to interfere with, because ... the action of Allah the Exalted ... and whoever opposes, what is his action? The creation of Allah the Exalted, so the soul is something from it.
The Shaykh : We cut the nails.
The student: Cutting the nails, O Shaykh, is in accordance with the Shari'ah.
The Shaykh : What is it for? To remove harm. This causes harm, and this is more so.
In any case, the previous scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) say that it is not permissible to cut off the extra finger, and they reasoned this by saying that there is a danger that the blood will pulse. But in the present time, is there danger or not? There is no danger, and many things the jurists specified as forbidden, reasoning that they were dangerous, have now become not dangerous. Hemorrhoids, for example, the jurists forbid them, saying that if a hemorrhoid is cut, the blood might bleed. Now there is absolutely no danger in cutting a hemorrhoid; it is like removing a thorn, easy and without danger.
Opening the belly of a pregnant woman to bring out the child, the jurists forbid it, saying it is not possible. Now it is easy and there is no danger. If the mother dies and there is a moving fetus in her belly, the jurists say it is not possible to open her belly. The correct view is that it is permissible to open her belly to extract the child. Did you understand, Salim? There is nothing wrong, if Allah wills, with cutting off the extra finger, because there is no doubt that the person will be psychologically affected. And if it is permissible for a person to cover a disappearing defect, such as if the nose is cut, it is permissible to graft something on it, then this is even more so. The time is up, we return to the lesson.