Is it jaa'iz for men to wear coloured contact lenses?

· 16 Jumada I 1441 AH1 min readFatwa 43762English
Jurisprudence and Rulings (Fiqh)

Question

Salaam

is it jaaiz for men to wear coloured contact lenses

jazakallah w barakallah

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Men should not wear coloured contact lenses unless there is a genuine medical need to wear it.i

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Muhammad Fayyaadh

Student - Darul Iftaa

South Africa

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

iالدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار) (2/ 417

(لَا) يُكْرَهُ (دَهْنُ شَارِبٍ وَ) لَا (كُحْلِ) إذَا لَمْ يَقْصِدْ الزِّينَةَ

و في الشرح: مُطَّلِبٌ فِي الْفَرْقِ بَيْنَ قَصْدِ الْجَمَالِ وَقَصْدِ الزِّينَةِ (قَوْلُهُ إذَا لَمْ يَقْصِد الزِّينَةَ) اعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لَا تَلَازُمَ بَيْنَ قَصْدِ الْجَمَالِ وَقَصْدِ الزِّينَةِ فَالْقَصْدُ الْأَوَّلُ لِدَفْعِ الشَّيْنِ وَإِقَامَةِ مَا بِهِ الْوَقَارُ وَإِظْهَارِ النِّعْمَةِ شُكْرًا لَا فَخْرًا، وَهُوَ أَثَرُ أَدَبِ النَّفْسِ وَشَهَامَتِهَا، وَالثَّانِي أَثَرُ ضَعْفِهَا، وَقَالُوا بِالْخِضَابِ وَرَدَّتْ السُّنَّةُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِقَصْدِ الزِّينَةِ ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إنْ حَصَلَتْ زِينَةٌ فَقَدْ حَصَلَتْ فِي ضِمْنِ قَصْدٍ مَطْلُوبٍ فَلَا يَضُرُّهُ إذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ مُلْتَفَتًا إلَيْهِ فَتْحٌ، وَلِهَذَا قَالَ فِي الْوَلْوَالِجيَّةِ لُبْسُ الثِّيَابِ الْجَمِيلَةِ مُبَاحٌ إذَا كَانَ لَا يَتَكَبَّرُ؛ لِأَنَّ التَّكَبُّرَ حَرَامٌ، وَتَفْسِيرُهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَعَهَا كَمَا كَانَ قَبْلَهَا.

Answered by
Muhammad Fayyaadh
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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