Is bariatric surgery that involves the removal of part of the stomach, and is intended to eliminate morbid obesity that has caused health and psychological disorders for a girl, after failed attempts to lose weight by traditional methods, considered casting oneself into perdition or altering Allah's creation, given the risks of the operation?
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This procedure is not among the forbidden alterations of Allah's creation; rather, it falls under the category of medical treatment. It is permissible to perform it if safety from dangerous complications is the dominant outcome, and it is determined to be a way to get rid of morbid obesity.
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