Ruling on Injections to Dissolve Fat

22-11-2022 | IslamWeb

Question:

I have a question with regards to the ruling on cosmetic surgery. Would getting fat dissolving injections be regarded as surgery or are they permissible?
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

As far as we know, the body is injected with this injection to break down fat and turn it into a liquid in a way that would enable the body to easily get rid of it. Also, the body starts to discharge these dissolved fats in the urine within three weeks. If this is actually the case, there is no harm in using these injections. In the section "Fatwas in Arabic", we clarified that injections made of lawful ingredients are allowed to be used in cosmetics as long as they cause no harm to the person. Besides, it is actually a kind of treatment, and the juristic rule states, “Treatment is originally permissible unless there is something that requires prohibition.”

Allah knows best.

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