Is it permissible to have one or more piercing in the ear?

Is it permissible to have 2 piercings in one ear? Will you give information about the issue?

Dear Brother / Sister,

A woman cannot abandon ornaments and jewels due to her nature. She wears some jewels based on her financial situation. Most of the jewels like necklaces, bracelets and rings are worn on the body without necessitating any intervention on the body. However, earrings are different. Although some earrings are attached to the ear directly, the ears are usually pierced for the earrings to be worn.

Is it permissible to have the ears pierced in order to be able to wear earrings? Is such an application on the body appropriate for it?  

According to what is written in Hanafi fiqh books like Raddu'l-Mukhtar and al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya and Shafii fiqh books like Ianatu't-Talibin, it is permissible for a girl or woman to have her ears pierced in order to wear earrings. 1 For, piercing the ears was carried out during the time of the Prophet (pbuh) and it was not forbidden.2

However, some Shafii scholars do not regard it permissible to have the ears of little girls pierced since it will give them pain unnecessarily. However, today this excuse is not valid. It is possible to have ears pierced without any pain today.

An important point regarding the issue is as follows: If a girl has reached the age of puberty, she needs to have her ears pierced by a woman or a mahram man like her brother, uncle, etc. It is not permissible for her to have her ears pierced by a non-mahram man. For, a non-mahram man is not allowed to touch a girl who has reached the age of puberty and to look at her body except her hands and face except for a religiously permissible necessity. It is not possible to mention a necessity regarding this issue, that is, having the ears pierced. 

It is permissible to have the ears pierced by a woman or mahram man. It is also permissible to have more than one piercing in an ear. 

Footnotes:

1. Raddu'l-Mukhtar, V/270; al-Fatawa al-Hindiyy, V/358.
2. Ianatu't-Talibin, IV/175.

(see Mehmed PAKSU, Kadın, Evlilik ve Aile)

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