Piercing girls’ ears

Question

Is having girls’ ears pierced a sunna or makruh?

Answer

[ar]لَا بَأْسَ بِكَيِّ الْبَهَائِمِ لِلْعَلَامَةِ، وَثَقْبِ أُذُنِ الطِّفْلِ مِنَ الْبَنَاتِ؛ لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَهُ فِي زَمَنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ غَيْرِ إِنْكَارٍ[/ar] “There is no harm in branding animals for marking, nor in piercing the ear of a child among girls, because they used to do it in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ without disapproval” (Shami,…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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