Is it permissible to go to a gym where there is music – while wearing headphones to listen to the Holy Quran – for a limited period with the aim of losing weight, due to feeling a necessity and urgent need for it?

When afflicted with illnesses, one must be patient, content, and grateful, while looking at those who are more severely afflicted. If there is a permissible alternative for treating obesity and losing weight, it is not permissible to go to places where there are forbidden things. However, if there is no alternative, it is permissible to frequent women's gyms out of necessity to remove psychological and physical harm.

To lose weight, the following is recommended: 1. Regulate food and adhere to a diet. 2. Exercise at home using equipment or walk on roads. 3. Treat with some harmless medicines and herbs under the supervision of a trustworthy doctor.

Studies have shown that exercising at home is more effective for sustaining weight loss.