If there is a difference in the length of one's teeth, is it permissible to straighten them, or does this fall under altering creation?
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The Shaykh : Yes, the slight deviation is permissible,
The questioner : if there is harm in it.
The Shaykh : Especially if there is harm from it. Likewise, regarding the teeth, if the difference is disfiguring, there is no harm in straightening them. But if the difference is slight, yet they want them to be like a single tooth, this is not permissible. This is of the same kind as tattooing; this is tattooing.
The Shaykh : The alteration that is commanded is commanded. For example, circumcision is an alteration of Allah's creation, and it is commanded. Removing the mustache is an alteration of Allah's creation, and it is commanded.
The Shaykh : Yes, the Lawgiver does not prevent a person from removing something that is considered a defect by people. Trimming the mustache is the basis in this issue.
The Shaykh : This that was placed now, is it a completion for it? Yes, so he made it a completion for it. This, if he removes it, becomes a completion for it, because people now consider what has an excess to be a defect, so he is removing a defect.
The questioner : if there is harm in it.
The Shaykh : Especially if there is harm from it. Likewise, regarding the teeth, if the difference is disfiguring, there is no harm in straightening them. But if the difference is slight, yet they want them to be like a single tooth, this is not permissible. This is of the same kind as tattooing; this is tattooing.
The Shaykh : The alteration that is commanded is commanded. For example, circumcision is an alteration of Allah's creation, and it is commanded. Removing the mustache is an alteration of Allah's creation, and it is commanded.
The Shaykh : Yes, the Lawgiver does not prevent a person from removing something that is considered a defect by people. Trimming the mustache is the basis in this issue.
The Shaykh : This that was placed now, is it a completion for it? Yes, so he made it a completion for it. This, if he removes it, becomes a completion for it, because people now consider what has an excess to be a defect, so he is removing a defect.