Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to work as a nurse in a non-Islamic country, in a ward for elderly men, which necessitates washing them while they are naked and looking at their private parts?
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This work is impermissible due to the woman's exposure to men's awrah (private parts). Details and regulations concerning women's work have been previously provided in previous fatwas.
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