Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Can boys use whitening creams?

· 25 Safar 1440 AH1 min readFatwa 41305English

Question

Assalamualaikum, my skin get darker because of lazyness not using soap and not taking care of it , as a boy can I use a whitening cream which is also work as sunscreen.

Is it against the sunnah and is it makrooh

Answer

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

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

It is permissible to use a whitening cream as long as there are no haraam ingredients in the cream. [1]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Muhammad I.V Patel

Student Darul Iftaa
Lusaka, Zambia

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1] الفتاوى الهندية (5/0 36)
إذَا أَرَادَ الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَقْطَعَ إصْبَعًا زَائِدَةً أَوْ شَيْئًا آخَرَ قَالَ نُصَيْرٌ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى - إنْ كَانَ الْغَالِبُ عَلَى مَنْ قَطَعَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ الْهَلَاكَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَفْعَلُ وَإِنْ كَانَ الْغَالِبُ هُوَ النَّجَاةُ فَهُوَ فِي سَعَةٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ

عصر حاضر کے پیچیدہ مسائل اور ان کا حل جلد ٢ صفحہ ٣٨٩

میک اپ کا شرعی حکم

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جو چیزے عورتووں کا شعار ہوں مردو کو اس کے استعمال کی اجازت نہیں ہے

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Muhammad I.V Patel
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Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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