ISLAMIC LEGAL MAXIMS (CTU 694) COSMETIC SURGERY: AN APPRAISAL FOR THE MAQASID SYARIYYAH & QAWAID FIQHIYYAH

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1. HASRUL HAFIZUDDIN B HASSIM 2. MUHAMMAD ARIFFAIZUDDIN B ROSSELAN 3. NUR ZAINATUL FEKEHAH BT ABU BAKAR 4. NURASYIKIN BT ABU KHORI 5. SITI KHATIJAH BT ZAKARIA

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LECTURER: DR. FADILAH BT ABD RAHMAN

TABLE OF CONTENT CONTENT TABLE OF CONTENT 1.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 INTRODUCTION DISCUSSION Maqasid Al-Syariyyah Qawaid Fiqhiyyah PAGE 1 2 4 4 9

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INTRODUCTION Plastic surgery is the surgical speciality concerned with the treatment of structural deformity and disfigurement. It is also involved with the enhancement of the appearance of a person (beauty). There are two types of plastic surgery. Cosmetic surgery is performed to reshape normal structures of the body to improve the persons appearance, like facelifts (a medical operation in which the skin of a persons face is tightened in order to make him or her look younger) and attempts to reverse the signs of aging, and surgery of breasts (to increase or decrease the size of the breasts).

The second type is reconstructive surgery. It is performed on abnormal structures of the body caused by congenital defects (defects that exist since or before birth), developmental abnormalities, injuries (trauma), infection, tumours (a mass of cells growing in or on a part of the body where they should not, usually causing medical problems), or diseases. Congenital faults include abnormally turned-out lips, split lips, twisted fingers or toes. Faults that result form illnesses include the scars left by leprosy or other skin diseases, or scars caused by accidents and burns (Haque, 2010).

According to Singh (2010), the plastic surgery can be divided into two types. The first type is the disease correcting local plastic surgery or also known as local surgery. This is a kind of surgery in which an individual undergoes local plastic surgery for correcting defects, anomalies, or improving skin texture. Local plastic surgery techniques can be applied for possibly three different purposes. It is useful to correct by-birth anomalies, to correct the defects that are result of some accident, and to correct the anomalies that have developed over the years. Examples of disease correcting local plastic surgery would be surgery for correcting jaw and teeth structure, nose structure, chin, forehead, and eyelids, etc. Local plastic surgery is also aimed at reshaping and restructuring facial features to improve the aesthetics. This type of local surgery leads to varying amount of changes in the geometric distance between facial features but the overall texture and appearance may look similar to the original face. However, any of the local plastic surgery procedures

may be performed in conjunction with one or more such procedures and amalgamate of such procedures may result in a fairly distinct face when compared to the original face.

The second type of surgery is the plastic surgery for reconstructing complete facial structure or also known as global surgery. Apart from local surgery, plastic surgery can be performed to completely change the facial structure which is known as a full face lift. Global plastic surgery is recommended for cases where functional damage has to be cured such as patients with fatal burns or trauma. Note that global plastic surgery is primarily aimed at reconstructing the features to cure some functional damage rather than to improve the aesthetics. In this type of surgery, the appearance, texture, and facial features of an individual are reconstructed to resemble the normal human face but are usually not the same as the original face. Furthermore, global plastic surgery may also be used to entirely change the face appearance, skin texture, and other facial geometries making it arduous for any face recognition system to recognize faces before and after surgery. Therefore, it can also be misused by criminals or individuals who want to remain elusive from law enforcement and pose a great threat to society despite all the security mechanisms in place.

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DISCUSSION 2.1 MAQASID AL-SYARIYYAH

Ibn Ashur defines Maqasid as the purpose, objective, principles, intent, goal and end. Therefore, Maqasid al-syariyyah is the purposes and objectives behind Islamic legal rulings. The purpose of syariah can be categorized into two purposes. The primary purposes of the syariah are to secure the interests of man in the hereafter and the secondary purposes of the syariah is to preserve and protect human life on this world. AlMaqasid is divided into three categories according to the degree of their importance, in descending order. First divisions are daruriyyat which are essential or necessary elements on those which the lives of human being depend, and without which the existence of an individual or society becomes impossible. There are five elements of daruriyyat; protection and preservation of faith, protection and preservation of life, protection and preservation of intellect, protection and preservation of lineage, and protection of property. Second divisions are hajiyyat which are benefits which seeks to remove severity and hardship that do not pose a threat to the very survival of normal order (Muhammad Hashim, 2010 ). Lastly, tahsiniyyat which are refers to interests whose realization leads to improvement and the attainement of that which is desirable. i. Protection and preservation of faith Cosmetic surgery which are done to change ones face to make it prettier as the way he/she want it will violates the purpose of preserving the religion. We try to change Allah creation by doing so. Below is the surah to support how Allah S.W.T has already created human being in the best and beautiful way (Atiyeh et al., 2008). All we need to do is accept who we are. There are others people who are unfortunates, we should be grateful that we have no deformity.

Indeed, We created the human being in the best stature (At-Tin, 95:3)
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For example, plastic surgery is usually done to change some part of the body to make it more beautiful. There is also plastic surgery to change mens face into woman or even surgery to transform men into a woman. This kind of act is totally contrary to Islamic teaching. Allah S.W.T has already stated in Al-Quran:

And I will mislead them, and I will arouse in them (sinful) desires, and I will command them so they will slit the ears of cattle, and I will command them so they will change the creation of Allah. And whoever takes Satan as an ally instead of Allah has certainly sustained a clear loss (An-Nisa: 119). Whereas, hadith that prohibits the imitation of opposite sex as below: Sayyidina Abdullah Ibn Abbas relates, that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: Cursed those men who imitate woman and those woman imitates men (Sahih al-Bukhari).

ii. Protection and preservation of life Cosmetic surgery which are done to protect someone life will fulfill the purpose of the second elements in daruriyyat. For example, someone who has skin disease is allowed to undergo plastic surgery to treat the disease. It is afraid, their condition will become worst if the surgery is not done. There are many hadith which encourages and urge Muslim to seek for the treatment for any disease.

Usamah Ibn Shuraik narrated: I came to the Prophet (p.b.u.h) and found him with his companions. I greeted them and sat down. Then, some Bedouins came from various places. They asked him: O
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Allahs Messenger! Should we seek medical treatment for our illnesses? He replied: Yes, you should six medical treatment, because Allah S.W.T, the Exalted has let no disease exist without providing for its cure, except for one ailment, namely old age (Reported by Ahmad and six sunnan).

iii. Protection and preservation of lineage If the cosmetic surgery is carried out to beautification in order to find a marriage partner, it can fulfill the purpose of preserving the lineage. Thus, this will be the good thing about cosmetic surgery. For example, a man has some scars from accident. This scar might be the reason when there is no woman attracted to him and accept his proposal. Thus, he did the cosmetic surgery to eliminate the scars. For this reason, he is allowed to do so. Marriage is the sunnah of Rasulallah S.A.W. The prophet has mentioned about the criteria for selecting a marriage partner, which is those who are best in religion and character as hadith below: A woman may be married for four reasons: for her property, for her rank, for her beauty, and for her religion, so marry the one who is the best in religion and character. (Bukhari and Muslim). Thus, the ones intention to get rid of the scar for eample to get married is not fault. However, woman especially, cannot do plastic surgery whatsoever to get men intention or to seduce them.

iv. Protection of property Expensive cosmetic surgery will violates the purpose of preserving the wealth or property. Allah S.W.T does not like when Muslim spending so much money for something that is unnecessary. For example, someone wants to do liposuction because he/she does not like their current figure. They have the thought that the small size and slim body is beautiful and healthy. Thus, they tend to do liposuction so that all their fat will be removed and they will become pretty. This act is unnecessary

actually because the important is for someone to have healthy body, no matter they have big size body or small and slim body.

And give the relative his right, and (also) the poor and the traveler, and do not spend wastefully (Al-Isra: 26).

Indeed, the wasteful are the brothers of the devils, and ever has Satan been to his Lord ungrateful (Al-Isra:27).

Below are the general regulations and conditions for undergoing plastic surgery (The International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), 2007):
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Surgery should achieve a recognized benefit in Shari`ah, such as restoring function, correcting a defect or returning the form to a normal state.

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Surgery should not result in harm exceeding the anticipated benefit, and this matter should be decided by trustworthy specialists.

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A qualified, specialized physician should perform the surgery; and if not, the consequences will be his/her responsibility.

4. The surgical operation should be performed with the permission of the patient (who has requested the surgery). 5. The specialized plastic surgeon should make the patient (who will undergo the operation) fully aware of the risks and complications, both expected and potential, of undergoing the operation.
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6. There is no other form of treatment that will be less harmful and invasive for the body than surgery. 7. There should be no violation of textual evidence in Shari`ah, such as the Prophets saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in the hadith that was narrated by `Abdullah ibn Mas`ud, Allah has cursed women who tattoo or have themselves tattooed, who pluck eyebrows or have them plucked, and women who separate their front teeth for beauty, altering what Allah has created. (Al-Bukhari) And, the hadith that was narrated by Ibn `Abbas, The woman who supplies false hair and the one who asks for it, the woman who pluck eyebrows or have them plucked, the woman who tattoos and the one who has it done where there is no disease to justify it have been cursed. (Abu Dawud) In addition there are the hadiths in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade women from imitating men, and men from imitating women as well as the texts, which prohibit the imitation of other non-Muslim peoples or those known for immoral and sinful behavior. 8. The rules for seeking medical treatment should be maintained, i.e. the rules of avoiding seclusion of a man and a woman (khulwah), the rules concerned with exposing the parts of the body that are not meant to be exposed to others (`awrah), except in cases of exigency or real, compelling need.

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QAWAID FIQHIYYAH

DEFINITION: Qawaid Fiqhiyyah is a compound word derived from two Arabic root words, Qaaidah and Fiqh. In Arabic, Qaaidah means: the foundation upon which something is built and depends (Khalid, 1421H) . It is also used to refer to a general rule, a principle or a maxim. Technically, Qaaidah means a collective or general ruling from which the ruling of its individual components can be deduced.( Mohammad Hashim kamali). Fiqh on the other hand, literally means understanding and technically refers to deducing rulings of Islamic law from relevant individual specific legal texts (Zainud Deen , 1403H). Thus, a Qawaid Fiqhiyyah can be defined as a general ruling which applies to several individual instances in various chapters of Islamic Jurisprudence (Abdur Rahman , 1403H). They are theoretical abstractions usually in the form of short epithetical statements that are expression often in a few words of the goals and objectives of the Shariah (13). In this chapter, we will consider the different categories of Qawaid Fiqhiyyah and the criteria used in classifying them. Secondly, we will discuss the position of these legal maxims as the main sources of Islamic law, the Quran and Sunnah and to what extend we ca reply upon then in arriving at a ruling in Islamic law. Since these Qawaid Fiqhiyyah vary concerning the level of abstraction and the scope that they cover, some having application, whereas others might apply to a particular area of fiqh. Qawaid Fiqhiyyah or the normative legal maxims and they apply to the entire range of fiqh without any specification. The madhahib are generally in agreement over them. In another context, these form the basis from which all other principles and maxims are derived, that is why the scholars have singled out about five of these to say that they grasp between then the essence of the Shariah as a whole, and the rest are simply an elaboration of these.

These are namely: 1. First Legal Maxim: Al-Umuru Bi Maqasidiha (Matters Are Determined According To Intention) 2. Second Legal Maxim: Al-Mashaqqah Tajlib Al-Taisir (Hardship Begets Facility) 3. Third Legal Maxim: Al-Yaqin La Yuzal Bi Al-Syakk (Certainty Cannot Be Dispelled By Doubts) 4. Fourth Legal Maxim: Al-Darar Yuzal (Damage/Injury Is Put An End To) Application: 1) FIRST LEGAL MAXIM: AL-UMURU BI MAQASIDIHA (MATTERS ARE DETERMINED ACCORDING TO INTENTION) Any actions done or words expressed are judged based on ones intention (an-niyyah). The effect of judgment for any particular transaction is also in accordance with the intention underlying. Any actions done by a person with different intentions will have different effects according to Islam. Intention is the force directed towards an action done by a person. It is narrated by Umar r.a that prophet (pbuh) said: Deeds are judged by intention and every persons is judged according to his intention. Also narrated by Anas r.a. the prophet (pbuh) said: There is no deeds to those who have no intention. For example the cosmetic surgery that is considered necessary is that which is done when there is a need for it, when something does not look right, when something is missing, if there is too much or too little of something, or because something has been destroyed or deformed. At the same time, it is regarded as cosmetic surgery because it results in improved appearance.

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Any cosmetic surgery which comes under this heading of need because of the fact that the reason for the surgery is causing harm is permissible, and is not considered to be changing the creation of Allah. Cosmetic surgery can be done for medical purpose and to cure the disease. It is also can be done because of the external that are intended to eliminate disability and deforming. This is because under intend will result in harm to a person whether material or spiritual but it is not reach the limits of Islamic Jurisprudence darurah. The cosmetic surgery can be done for aimed to improving the handicapped since birth such as cleft lip or disability that come due to accident or fire such as face damaged by the fire or accident. Anas ibn Mas'ud reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "Verily, Allah has not let any malady occur without providing its remedy. Therefore seek medical treatment for your illnesses.'' ( Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, and al-Hakim.) Jabir narrated that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "There is a cure for every disease. Whenever an illness is treated with its right remedy, it will, by Allah's permission, be cured." (Muslim). Humans should not be arrogant by attributing cure to themselves and not Allah. In the same way humans cannot refuse to take measures to cure disease claiming that Allah will take care of it. It is true that Allah cures but in some cases that cure operates through the agency of humans. Sometimes the measures that humans take to cure a disease may not be sufficient on their own to alleviate the condition; it is Allahs divine intervention and mercy that brings about the complete cure.

2) SECOND LEGAL MAXIM: AL-MASHAQQAH TAJLIB AL-TAISIR (HARDSHIP BEGETS FACILITY)

In certain circumstances, any original ruling (Azimah), the implementation of which causes hardship/harm/injury such as hardship should be removed and replaced by easiness/leniency/tolerance (Rukhsah). When hardship arises, the general rules can be resorted to. Hardship that surpass the normal limit and ability
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of a person and hardship accompanying implementation of the basic ibadah such as hunger/tiredness during fasting and difficultirs during hajj as such hardship are considered as bearable and within the ability of human beings. There are several Quranic Verses and the Hadith of the Prophet (pbuh) which indicate that Allah intends which are to provide facility and to lift all kind of unbearable hardship from human beings. He did not make any difficulty for you regarding the religion. (al-Hajj: 78) Allah wants ease for you and He does not want hardship for you (alBaqarah: 185) Allah does not give anyone legal responsibility for anything except what is within their capacity (al-Baqarah: 286) Bukhari and Muslim said that You have not been sent like those who have been given hardship. Rather you have been sent as those who have been given ease and facility and Whenever the Messenger of Allah was given choice between two things, he chose the easier one unless it was sin. Besides that, al-Tabarani said Surely Allah introduced the din as easy, full of kindness and wide. He did not make it narrow. Faults which result from illness include the scars left by leprosy or other skin diseases, or scars caused by accidents and burns. There is no doubt that such faults and scars cause physical and psychological pain and harm, therefore Islam allows people afflicted with them to remove or reduce them by surgical means.

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3) FOURTH LEGAL MAXIM: AL-DARAR YUZAL (DAMAGE/INJURY IS PUT AN END TO)

The Al-Darar Yuzal is the maxim shows that all kind of injury should be removed or eliminated. Islam does not allow one to cause harm to others or vice versa. All necessary measures should be taken in order to prevent any kind of damage from happening. Islam also encourages us to take all necessary measures to remove or to lessen its destructive implications as possible. And spend of your substance in the cause of Allah and make not your own hands contribute to your destruction but do good, for Allah loves those who do good (AlBaqarah: 195). One Hadith said that Harm shall not be inflicted nor recipcated.

Example for cosmetic surgery is to remove bulging in the breasts of a man. It is permissible for you to undergo such an operation in order to remove this bulging on condition that these is a high probability of success in the operation and no side effect worse than or equal to the benefit of removing it will result.

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CONCLUSION

Islam permits cosmetic surgery for the purpose of treating the disease and to save as well as to preserve the life. However, Islam prohibits the cosmetic surgery with the intention of change the Allah SWT creation as to boost the social status in the community. In conclusion, every Muslim must be grateful because Allah SWT has created human in the best stature and should be thanked for the opportunity of life in this world

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