Fatwa ID: 07156

 

 

Answered by: Mufti Muhammad Asadullah Anwar Adam

 

Question:

 

Is a nose job haram? I‘m having breathing problems since I was a child and my doctor is telling me always to get a septoplasty. My question is if I‘m allowed since I’m already going through that surgery to tell them to change the appearance of my nose.

 

 

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

Answer:

 

Allah (SWT) says in the Holy Qur’an:

 

“We have shaped mankind in the best mould.” [1]

 

 

In another verse Allah (SWT) says:

 

“We bestowed on the children of Adam (as) a specific honour and sanctity.” [2]

 

 

Finally, Allah (SWT) quotes Satan’s saying,

 

“Verily I will mislead them, and surely I will arouse in them false desires, and certainly I will order them to still the ears of the cattle, and indeed I will order them to change the nature created by Allah (SWT).” [3]

 

 

From the aforementioned Qur’anic verses the point we can derive is that anything which is against the sanctity of mankind and changes ones God given features will be totally prohibited.

 

 

However, if there is a genuine need due to something being abnormal or deformed, then there is scope for permissibility.

 

 

If the surgery is being done purely for the purpose of beautification, then this will not be permissible, as it involves mutilating one’s body and changing ones God given features.

 

 

The septoplasty is allowed due to the medical need but the nose job is not allowed.

 

[1][Surah Teen ayat 4]

 

[2][Surah Israh ayat 70]

 

[3][Surah Nisaa ayat 117-119]

 

 

Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.

Written by Mufti Muhammad Asadullah Anwar Adam

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham