Eye and vision problems

12-9-2001 | IslamWeb

Question:

I was born with an eye that see 3 by 10 and an eye that see 10 by 10; this now makes many problems in seeing. Can I have an operation on it with laser. Does this conform to Sharia?
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.

There is no objection to your undergoing this operation provided that the doctor who is going to perform it is known to be well qualified in doing this kind of operation and that this doctor testifies that the probability of the success of this operation is very high. But if there is another means to achieve the same goal, it would be preferable to having this operation.

Allah knows best.

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