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Laser eye surgery

Answered as per Hanafi Fiqh by Fatwa.org.au
_ Will it be permissible to do laser eye surgery?

Answer:

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

_ Yes, it will be permissible to undergo laser eye surgery in order to correct one’s vision provided that the procedure is reasonably safe.

(Fatawa Qadi Khan: 3/313 Darul Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah; Al-Fatawa Al-Hindiyya: 5/440 Darul Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah)

And Allah knows best.

Mufti Faizal Riza
6/12/2011

This answer was collected from Fatwa.org.au, which is connected to Darul Ifta Australia, based in Melbourne, Australia.
It is operated by Mufti Faizal Riza, a student of Mufti Ebrahim Desai from South Africa.