Fatwa: # 19656
Category: Misc. Fiqh
Country: South Africa
Date: 26th December 2011

Title

Is hypnosis for weight loss purposes permissible?

Question

Could you please clarify whether hypnosis is permissible for weight loss purposes? There are CDs that one can use at home to help with controlling yourself from bingeing, eating sweet/junk foods and to eat healthy meals instead of going for the refined foods.   

 

Answer

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

 

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

 

If the techniques used in hypnosis do not consist of any elements which are impermissible in Shari’ah then hypnosis will be permissible.

 

 

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mawlana Ali bin Cassim

Student Darul Iftaa

Los Angeles, CA (USA)

 

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
www.daruliftaa.net

 

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