Is Bleaching Prohibited in Islam?

Praise be to Allah.

Bleaching the skin is done for one of two reasons:

1. It is done in the pursuit of beauty and perfection. This is not permitted because it involves changing the creation of Allah , and because it is regarded as being in the same class as tattooing , practitioners of which were cursed by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
2. It is done to remove a fault or blemish, such as a black spot or something similar on the hand or elsewhere, which a person bleaches in an attempt to remove the blemish. There is nothing wrong with this, because it is counted as removing faults . 

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And Allah knows best.