Treatment and Medication
1,367 questions
What must I do to live a dignified life with my husband and raise a dignified family, given his constant travels and his family's endorsement of that, and my feeling of distress at considering the matter a trial?
Is it permissible for a man afflicted with vitiligo to use henna to cover the affected areas and to treat it psychologically and externally?
What is the treatment for someone who has obsessive thoughts that if he speaks to anyone, he will see their awrah (private parts), which leads him to isolate himself from people or lower his head while speaking, knowing that these thoughts only came to him after repenting from his sins, especially masturbation?
Is the death of a mother considered accidental killing if it occurred after she was given a medicine that led to the deterioration of her health, despite initial improvement, based on the doctors' reassurances, knowing that the person who administered the medicine was a pharmacist?
Is there any saying or action reported from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, concerning the taking of medicine?
Is it permissible to take pills that cleanse the liver and whiten the body with the intention of achieving both effects?
What are the circumstances in which the niqab may not be worn?
Is it permissible to masturbate for treatment, based on the recommendation of a trustworthy doctor, and then stop, while being able to marry and seek a suitable wife?
Is writing information about treatments for diseases on the internet—with a warning against using it without consulting a doctor—considered a sin, or is it better not to record it to avoid harm, and is that considered concealing knowledge?
Is it permissible to take therapeutic compounds from a doctor who monopolizes them and withholds them from patients, in order to use them in the treatment of my mother and other patients, knowing that my intention is to help and not to profit?
Is there a specific supplication from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, to be recited when taking medication that has harmful side effects, out of fear of suffering from these effects?
What is the ruling on treating infants who suffer from apparent diseases for which medicine offers no cure, with ruqyah and blowing with herbs without reciting the Qur’an, knowing that they are cured by the permission of Allah?
What should a divorced woman do who is breastfeeding and does not experience her menstrual cycle except every three or four months, in order to complete her 'iddah, and is it permissible for her to take medication to regulate her cycle to hasten the completion of her 'iddah?
Is expiation obligatory upon a deputy intensive care physician who unintentionally caused the death of an infant, despite the presence of a pediatrician who provided no guidance?
What is the ruling on naming medicine "healing" or saying that the doctor heals, and is it true that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Indeed, excessive laughter deadens the heart"? And is there a relationship between the word "deadens" and the issue of "heals" by way of analogy?
Is it permissible, Islamically, to spend money on treating a sick cat, and is there a reward for that, knowing that the cost of treatment may be high and entail sacrificing some luxuries?
Is it permissible to demand that the institution pay treatment costs based on invoices, knowing that one of the parties may demand that the institution disburse a treatment allowance?
How can I be a successful and religiously upright doctor, and what are the rights of Muslims upon me as a doctor?
What is the ruling on treatment with "kinesiology" and the energy pathways in the body, and does it contradict Islamic creed?
What is a Muslim's duty towards chronic diseases, and how can one combine Prophetic Medicine with modern medicine, especially when modern medicine prohibits the use of some remedies mentioned in Prophetic Medicine, such as black seed, and when abandoning treatment leads to disability or death?
Is it permissible to masturbate by hand to perform a semen analysis to confirm the recurrence of prostatitis, in order to avoid the side effects of medication and to avoid a digital rectal exam of the prostate?
What is the ruling on applying honey and olive oil to the anus and genitals for the purpose of treating hemorrhoids with honey?
What is the ruling on consuming bovine collagen medicine manufactured in America, which the company claims has a halal certificate, but the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America has suspended its registration, knowing that its consumption is not for treatment but as a dietary supplement for prevention and improving general health?
What is incumbent upon me regarding the damages to the car and the injuries to its occupants resulting from an accident caused by me, knowing that the accident led to fractures and injuries for my colleague's children, and damages to the car, in addition to its diminished value after repair?