What is the ruling on surgically narrowing a woman's vagina to please her husband, without a birth-related reason?
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This procedure, and similar ones that expose major 'awrah (intimate parts) without a valid need or compelling necessity, are not permissible. Pleasing the husband is not a justification for committing this forbidden act.
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