Question:
Salaam alaykum wa rahmatullah wa barakartu
I have started a program to insha Allah receive weight loss surgery. The
program usually takes 6+ months.
I don’t know if I should do the weight loss surgery or not and go back
and forth. It changes your insides alot and that does worry me. I do not
have alot of health issues yet but am over 150lbs over weight.
I try and do istikarah but haven’t been able to really tell what the
answer is.
Answer:
Alaykum Salam wa rahmatullah,
When making istikhara, not receiving a clear answer is the same as not
receiving an answer at all, in which case it is recommended to keep
doing the istikhara until there is a clear yes or no answer. Until then,
the decision for which the istikhara is being made is postponed and the
answer for now is no, do not go ahead with it. This answer is confirmed
by your own doubts about the benefit of such a decision versus its
potential harm.
Mawlana Shaykh Nazim as a rule advised against surgery unless it’s a
question of life and death. Continue to make istikhara in every non-fard
prayer in this blessed month and give sadaqa, even small, daily to the
intention of better health for yourself.
Wassalam,
Hajj Gibril
