Is it permissible to have the teeth whitened by a dentist?

Question: 143647

As per Our Islamic sharia it is not permissible to beautify the teeth. But What about the one whose teeth are yellowish (after brushing too) and wanted to clean the teeth going to a Dentist, so as to attend functions. Also let me clear You once if happend to clean the teeth spaces between the teeth will also occur.Plz need suddestions regarding tis. ** Alhamdulillah our website , queries of my various brothers and sisters and Your suggestions and answers made me to gain knowledge.

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

There is nothing wrong with going to the dentist to have
the teeth cleaned and whitened; this is not regarded as changing the
creation of Allah, because the aim is to remove yellowness from the teeth
and restore them to their natural cleanness and whiteness.

The Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)
encouraged using the siwaak, to purify and clean the mouth. He (blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The siwaak is purifying to the mouth
and pleasing to the Lord.” Narrated by al-Nasaa’i (5); classed as saheeh by
al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Nasaa’i.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymyah (may Allah have mercy on him)
said, speaking of the places in which the recommendation to use the siwaak
is emphasised:

When the taste or smell in the mouth changes or the teeth
become yellow or…, because of the report narrated by Tameem ibn al-‘Abbaas
who said: They came to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him) and he said: “Why do I see you coming to me with yellow teeth? Use the
siwaak.” Narrated by Ahmad. End quote.

Sharh al-‘Umdah, 1/217-218

Ibn al-Atheer (may Allah have mercy on him) said in
al-Nihaayah (4/153):

Yellowness of the teeth refers to the yellow colour of the
teeth and dirt that gets onto them. This hadeeth encourages use of the
siwaak. End quote.

See: Nawaadir al-Usool, 1/186; al-Faa’iq fi Ghareeb
al-Hadeeth, 3/220

This hadeeth was classed as da‘eef (weak) in Silsilah
al-Ahaadeeth al-Da‘eefah (1748), but there are corroborating reports in
the hadeeths which indicate that it is prescribed to use the siwaak in order
to clean the mouth, such as the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah quoted above.

Al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

The hadeeth of Tameem ibn al-‘Abbaas is da‘eef, but there is
no need for it as we have the evidence in the hadeeth, “The siwaak is
purifying to the mouth.”

End quote. Al-Majmoo‘, 1/325.

Then al-Nawawi (1/328) mentioned that one of the cases in
which it is confirmed that it is mustahabb to use the siwaak is if the teeth
look yellow.

Based on this, there is nothing wrong with going to the
dentist to have the teeth whitened and to remove the yellowish colour from
them.

And Allah knows best.

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