coloured contact lenses

Question:

Is it permissible to wear coloured contact lenses?

Answer:

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

It is permissible to wear coloured contact lenses with the intention of beautifying oneself for one's spouse. It is not permissible to wear coloured contact lenses in order to deceive someone (such as a prospective fiancé) or to attract the attention of a non-mahram person. [1]

And Allah knows best.

Mufti Faizal Riza
30/11/2011
Darul Ifta Australia
www.mufti-online.net

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[1] في الدر المختار: ويستحب التجمل وأباح الله الزينة بقوله تعالى - { قل من حرم زينة الله التي أخرج لعباده } - الآية وخرج صلى الله عليه وسلم وعليه رداء قيمته ألف دينار ، زيلعي ... ( اختضب لأجل التزين للنساء والجواري جاز ) في الأصح

وفي الشامي: ( قوله ويستحب التجمل إلخ ) قال عليه الصلاة والسلام { إن الله تعالى إذا أنعم على عبده أحب أن يرى أثر نعمته عليه } وأبو حنيفة كان يتردى برداء قيمته أربعمائة دينار ، وكان يأمر أصحابه بذلك ويقول : فإن الناس ينظرون إليكم بعين الرحمة ، ومحمد كان يلبس الثياب النفيسة ويقول : إن لي نساء وجواري فأزين نفسي كي لا ينظرن إلى غيري ، قيل للشيخ : أليس عمر رضي الله عنه كان يلبس قميصا عليه كذا رقعة فقال : فعل ذلك لحكمة هي أنه كان أمير المؤمنين ، وعماله يقتدون وربما لا يكون لهم مال ، فيأخذون من المسلمين ذخيرة ملخصا ( قوله قيمته ألف دينار ) تبع المصنف والذي في الزيلعي ألف درهم ..... ( قوله جاز في الأصح ) وهو مروي عن أبي يوسف فقد قال : يعجبني أن تتزين لي امرأتي كما يعجبها أن أتزين لها والأصح أنه لا بأس به في الحرب وغيره ( رد المحتار: 6/755-756 ، سعيد )

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