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Is it permissible to practice face yoga exercises to maintain facial tautness, reduce its size, or increase its symmetry?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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There is no objection to performing facial exercises to tighten muscles or reduce wrinkles. This is not considered altering Allah's creation. As for yoga, it is a sport with Hindu and Buddhist pagan origins, and it is associated with polytheism and the worship of other than Allah, and its prohibition has been previously established. However, if facial tightening exercises are limited to known methods without associating them with the sun or repeating pagan words, then there is no objection to that, and they should be called "facial exercises" instead of "face yoga." But if any pagan element is added to them, then they become forbidden.

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