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The question

Is mandatory health insurance, imposed by the state and with premiums deducted from the monthly income, permissible (halal), and is it permissible to benefit from the monthly pension resulting from it, especially given that the questioner is poor and compelled to do so?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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It is permissible to benefit from the pension provided by the state due to incapacity to work, because the European Council for and Research has issued a fatwa permitting commercial insurance in cases of legal compulsion and cases of need to avert severe hardship and difficulty, such as third-party insurance, social security, health insurance, and other forms of property and institutional insurance to avoid risks and exorbitant costs. This applies to the aforementioned pension.

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Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.

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