Treatment and Medication
1,367 questions
What is the ruling on a woman who is not financially needy working in a mixed environment – other than medicine, nursing, and teaching – if she adheres to Sharia guidelines? And does the fatwa regarding a woman staying in her home apply equally to married and unmarried women? And how can a woman benefit her nation with what she has learned if she does not work? And have the jurists agreed that it is not permissible for a woman to go out to work except out of necessity?
Is it permissible for a husband to use medicine samples from the pharmaceutical company he works for, for personal use at home?
Does the failure to take an infant to a doctor or hospital after circumcision, with his continuous crying and the appearance of red spots on his organ, followed by his death, constitute neglect that warrants something?
Is resorting to a doctor considered a solution if a worshiper has been experiencing intrusive thoughts (waswasah) during the Isha’ prayer for a long period, reaching two years for a single prayer, and if these thoughts subside for a week when ignored, only to return?
What is the guidance of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, regarding food and sustenance? Did he clarify for us how to treat with various types of food and herbs? What should we do for prevention or treatment of diabetes and high blood pressure? Is it true that he commanded eating an odd number of dates, and is it harmful to eat them daily? How can one seek healing through the Qur’an? What are the authentic books, free from innovations, concerning treatment and prevention of diseases through food, herbs, honey, and the Qur’an?
Is it permissible to divorce the second wife due to infertility, so that the husband can marry a third wife in hopes of having children, in the event that he cannot keep both of them? And is it possible to move the first wife to a more luxurious house, leaving the second wife in an older house?
Is continuing the prescribed treatment for acne, which leads to skin peeling, considered unlawful (haram) and an alteration of God's creation, given that the patient was unaware of this peeling effect before starting the treatment, that it occurs incidentally in specific areas of the face, and that the treatment restores the skin to its natural state and removes acne and hyperpigmentation? And is the hadith (prophetic tradition) that prohibits peeling authentic?
What is the ruling on disposing of funds allocated for the sustenance of army soldiers for purposes other than what they were designated for, such as transferring a portion of the medicine budget to food if there is a surplus, and is it permissible to feed soldiers who are not from the unit, and what is the ruling on the prevailing customs in this regard?
How can one definitively get rid of obsessive thoughts in acts of worship, especially if they decrease one day and increase and intensify another, and is it possible to be completely cured of them?
What is the ruling on imams inciting sedition from pulpits, which leads to destruction, devastation, and the burning of property, due to the proliferation of massage parlors in Muslim countries?
What is the ruling on taking out governmental health insurance for scholarship students, whereby the embassy pays the costs of treatment to the insurance company on behalf of the student, regardless of whether he needs treatment or not, given that there is a dedicated budget for students' medical treatment that can only be utilized through insurance companies?
Is it advisable to seek a field other than medicine, given what a medical student may face such as the prevalence of indecency, mixing with women, missing prayers, and other temptations?
Is it permissible for a wife to be examined at a free government hospital with the director's knowledge, despite having private health insurance that does not cover government hospitals, and the system does not permit it?
What is the ruling on the children agreeing to divide their father's real estate income equally between the children of each wife, given that one of the sons mortgaged the residential villa and personally benefited from the proceeds of the mortgage?
Is it permissible to change the destination of donation funds allocated for food and medicine in Syria to purchasing weapons for the Free Syrian Army, after the donors' intention was for humanitarian aid?
What is the ruling on the sympathetic nerve stapling procedure used to treat excessive sweating and facial redness, or social phobia?
Is it permissible, in Islamic law, to demand financial compensation for physical and psychological harm resulting from the use of a medication prescribed by a doctor?
What is the religious ruling regarding breaking an oath not to take money that was given as assistance for a brother's medical treatment, but was later accepted due to straitened circumstances?
Is it necessary to make up the day for one who put cloves on his teeth at night to relieve pain, then rinsed his mouth well, but felt its taste in his throat and mouth after waking up during the day in Ramadan?
What is the share of the deceased's mother, father, and daughter from her continuous pension, and is it permissible for the deceased's mother—in her capacity as the guardian of the daughter—to take from this pension for household expenses and her medical treatment?
Is it permissible for a wife to suck her husband's penis?
What is the ruling on delaying prayer for physical therapy sessions that are difficult to obtain, and what is the ruling on uncovering part of the 'awrah during treatment?
What is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding the physician's responsibility for a newborn's arm paralysis due to his negligence in measuring the mother's abdominal size and studying the X-rays, given the possibility of the child regaining arm movement?
Is it permissible to give donated medicines to people who are able to afford them, or must they be unable to afford them? And can the available medicines, including those scarce in the market, be dispensed to people? And what should be done with the money if it is taken in exchange for them?