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Is it permissible to use honey by inserting it into the uterus via a tube for the purpose of healing a disease that medicine has failed to cure?

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Honey is a cure for mankind; it can be used in any way proven beneficial by research or experience, such as eating, drinking, or topical application. Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned that honey is food, medicine, and drink, and nothing better than it has been created. Abdullah ibn Umar used to treat all ailments with honey. If it is proven that the use of honey inside the uterus is beneficial in treating certain diseases, then there is no objection to it, as it falls under the category of seeking treatment, and it does not expose it to impurity; for the uterus is not a place of impurity, and its secretions are pure.

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