Can I Have RLE/Cataract Surgery If My Eyesight Is Deteriorating?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
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In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are well.
Yes, it is permissible to perform eye surgery on your eye, like RLE/Cataract surgery.
The Islamic ruling with regard to all types of surgeries is that they will be allowed as long as there is a genuine medical need. [al-Mawsua al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya; al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya]
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May Allah grant you good health and the best in this world and Next.
I pray this helps with your question.
Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
