{"id":4774,"date":"2016-04-14T22:07:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T02:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.co\/?p=4774"},"modified":"2016-04-14T22:07:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T02:07:19","slug":"coloured-contact-lenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/?p=4774","title":{"rendered":"Coloured Contact Lenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Question:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What is the ruling of wearing coloured contact lenses?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Answer: \u062d\u0627\u0645\u062f\u0627 \u0648\u0645\u0635\u0644\u064a\u0627 \u0648\u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645\u0627<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ruling of wearing coloured contact lenses for a woman differs based on the intention and purpose for which it is worn. The scholars agree on the ruling of most cases while they disagree on the ruling of one scenario.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The unanimous cases are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It will be <u>unanimously permissible<\/u> to wear coloured contact lenses in one case:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>If they are worn for medical reasons and there are no alternatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It will be <u>unanimously prohibited<\/u> to wear coloured contact lenses in the following cases:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To deceive a prospective husband or even other sisters.<a href=\"#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\">[i]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>To be attractive for non-mahram men or when leaving the home.<a href=\"#_edn2\" name=\"_ednref2\">[ii]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>As a means of show and ostentation in front other sisters.<a href=\"#_edn3\" name=\"_ednref3\">[iii]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wearing it out of ingratitude to one\u2019s natural eye-colour.<a href=\"#_edn4\" name=\"_ednref4\">[iv]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The case they disagree on:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wearing it in the confines of one\u2019s home as a form of cosmetics for one\u2019s husband is the case where the scholars <u>disagree<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A group of scholars state that this wearing of coloured contact lenses for one\u2019s husband is a permissible form of cosmetics once the following conditions are met:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>It is not harmful to the eyes.<\/li>\n<li>It is not extravagantly expensive.<\/li>\n<li>It does not cause <em>\u2018wahshah\u2019<\/em> a frightening or strange appearance.<\/li>\n<li>It is not worn with the intention of any of the above prohibited reasons.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, a second group of scholars are of the opinion that this comes under the prohibition of altering the natural creation of Allah.<a href=\"#_edn5\" name=\"_ednref5\">[v]<\/a> Altering the natural creation of Allah Azza wa Jall is expressly prohibited in the Quran and Sunnah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Allah Ta\u2019ala mentions the plot of Shaitan in the Quran Majid when He said, \u201cI will mislead them, [\u2026] and indeed I will order them to change the nature created by Allah.&#8221; Thereafter Allah Ta\u2019ala warns, \u201cAnd whoever takes Shaitan as a friend instead of Allah, has surely suffered a manifest loss.\u201d<a href=\"#_edn6\" name=\"_ednref6\">[vi]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abdullah Ibn Masood (\u0631\u0636\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0646\u0647) has narrated that the Prophet of Allah (\ufdfa) said, \u201cAllah\u2019s curse is on those women who practice tattooing and get themselves tattooed and those who remove hair from their faces and those who create spaces between their teeth artificially to look beautiful and those women who change their features created by Allah.\u201d<a href=\"#_edn7\" name=\"_ednref7\">[vii]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hence, in the light of the above we learn that any such unnatural distortion and disfiguration to the natural image and outlook bestowed upon man would certainly <strong>not<\/strong> be regarded as permissible and valid in Shariah. For example Allah Ta\u2019ala has given someone brown eyes, now she wears green contact lenses by means of which she is trying to change the feature in which Allah Ta\u2019ala created her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They also add that in most cases, the desire to wear coloured contact lenses stem from dissatisfaction with the colour of eyes Allah Ta\u2019ala granted them. It is also a form of overindulgence in the arena of cosmetics which Shariah has not prescribed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Messenger of Allah (\ufdfa) has said, \u201cCertainly that which is permissible is clear and what is Haraam (prohibited) is manifest. Between them are the doubtful matters about which many people are unaware and have no knowledge. So whoever avoids the doubtful matters will safeguard his Deen (religion) and dignity. And whoever indulges in doubtful matters falls into Haraam (that which is prohibited).\u201d<a href=\"#_edn8\" name=\"_ednref8\">[viii]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Therefore, it would surely be best to refrain from using coloured contact lenses, even if worn only to please one\u2019s husband.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">N.B. Permeant eye-colour change will be a form of altering the natural creation of Allah by the consensus of the ulama. A man would only be allowed to wear coloured contact lenses if prescribed by an Optometrist\/eye specialist for medical purposes for which there are no alternatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">And Allah (Exalted be He) knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Muhammad ibn Suleman Chothia<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5th Rajab, 1437\/12th April, 2016\/ FID#2016108<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reviewed and Endorsed by Mufti Muhammad Mahdi<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\">[i]<\/a> The Messenger of Allah (\ufdfa) said, \u201cHe who deceives us is not one of us.\u201d [Muslim #101]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ednref2\" name=\"_edn2\">[ii]<\/a> Allah Ta\u2019ala states, \u201cAnd not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands\u2026\u201d {Surah Nur:31} The Messenger of Allah (\ufdfa) has warned that women who dress in an enticing manner to cause men to be inclined towards them will enter the Fire. [See Muslim #2128]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ednref3\" name=\"_edn3\">[iii]<\/a> The Prophet (\ufdfa) said, &#8220;He who so acts to show off, Allah will disgrace him on the Day of Resurrection.\u201d [Bukhari #6499]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ednref4\" name=\"_edn4\">[iv]<\/a> Allah says, \u201cIf you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor]; but if you are ungrateful, indeed, My punishment is severe.\u201d {Surah Ibrahim:7}<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ednref5\" name=\"_edn5\">[v]<\/a> See Kitabun Nawazil Vol.15 Pg.476, Zaib wa Zinat ke Shar\u2019ee Ahkaam Pg.101, Standing Committee in Fatawa Lajnah Daaimah Vol.17 Pg.133-134<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ednref6\" name=\"_edn6\">[vi]<\/a> {Surah Nisaa:119}<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ednref7\" name=\"_edn7\">[vii]<\/a> Bukhari #5943<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ednref8\" name=\"_edn8\">[viii]<\/a> Muslim #1599,Bukhari #52<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: What is the ruling of wearing coloured contact lenses? Answer: \u062d\u0627\u0645\u062f\u0627 \u0648\u0645\u0635\u0644\u064a\u0627 \u0648\u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645\u0627 The ruling of wearing coloured contact lenses for a woman differs&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,54,55,56,62,76],"tags":[123],"class_list":["post-4774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daughter","category-misc-research-articles","category-modesty","category-mother","category-pious-women","category-wife","tag-beauty","wpcat-89-id","wpcat-54-id","wpcat-55-id","wpcat-56-id","wpcat-62-id","wpcat-76-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}