Surgery and Transplants
151 questions
Are facial exercises to change the size or shape of the face considered altering Allah's creation?
What is the jurisprudential ruling on cosmetic surgery and what are the views of jurists concerning it?
What is the ruling on medical surgery that could be performed under local anesthesia, but the doctor switched to general anesthesia?
What is the ruling on lip augmentation using laser, without injections or bleeding?
Is it permissible for my 52-year-old mother, who has a malignant breast mass and suffers from neck vertebrae pain due to an old accident, to undergo breast reduction surgery, especially since the doctor suggested reducing its size while removing the tumor, and will perform surgery on the other breast to make it the same size after 6 months?
Is money earned from supervising unnecessary surgeries considered ill-gotten wealth that must be disposed of?
Is it considered cheating to submit a forged medical certificate regarding eyesight fitness to obtain a driver's license, with the intention of undergoing a laser eye surgery to correct vision later?
What is the ruling on performing a cosmetic procedure to reshape a nose that is unusually long or large, and on removing expressive wrinkles from the forehead, given that I am young and both procedures are non-surgical and temporary?
Is it permissible to perform a surgical operation on a deceased pregnant woman to extract her living fetus?
Is it permissible to install an artificial eye if the original eye is red and vision is not possible through it?
Is using a device to improve skin quality and tighten it, which resulted in the nose becoming smaller, slimmer, and tighter, considered impermissible (haram)?
Is it permissible to undergo surgery to increase height and correct bow legs in order to reach the required height for admission to the Police Academy, knowing that the purpose is not cosmetic?
What is the ruling on a wife resorting to cosmetic procedures such as facelifts, eyebrow lifts, and body sculpting, if that is only for her husband, given that she wears a niqab and her husband likes to look at women?
Is working in a call center for a hospital specializing in cosmetic and dental treatments, which requires convincing patients to use the services, halal or haram? And do the profits obtained from attracting patients with clear medical reasons (such as dental implants or crowns) differ from the profits obtained from attracting patients who do not have a significant problem and want to get crowns to change the color or arrangement of their teeth? And is receiving a 2% commission from the value of a patient's treatment halal?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding the work of a biomedical equipment maintenance engineer in preparing devices for forbidden cosmetic surgeries, and what is the optimal course of action if there is knowledge of the type of procedure, or upon being asked to sterilize cosmetic tools?
Is it permissible to undergo sinus surgery for the purpose of treatment, despite the possibility of altering the shape of the nose, knowing that tampering with Allah's creation is forbidden?
Is cosmetic surgery permissible or forbidden in the event of suffering from social problems due to a large nose, long smile, and prominent facial bones?
Is it permissible to perform a reduction surgery on the nasal tip due to flaring, while desiring God's pleasure?
Is it permissible to specialize in dermatology despite the issues surrounding skin cleansing, peeling, fillers, and the dispensing of alcoholic and cosmetic medications and creams? And would the income resulting from examining women and dispensing these creams be unlawful?
What is the ruling on modifying the lips due to the appearance of all of the gums and teeth?
What is the ruling on a woman exposing her awrah to a male doctor for a necessary surgery after it has become impossible to find a female specialist?
Is it permissible, in Sharia, to undergo breast augmentation surgery if their small size causes embarrassment and distress to the woman, and the purpose of the surgery is to make their size proportionate to the body, not for adornment?
What is the criterion that makes cosmetic procedures—permissible for removing deformities or burns or restoring something to its original state—enter the domain of the forbidden?
Is it permissible to pay for the surgery expenses of a sister's husband who has diabetes from zakat funds, and is zakat permissible for her?