Treatment and Medication
1,367 questions
Is it permissible for a woman to give her Zakat on wealth and bank interest to her very poor husband solely for the treatment of his mouth?
Does the fasting person receive the full reward for fasting if he intends by his fasting to lose weight, in addition to obtaining the reward?
What is the ruling regarding continuous flatulence that occurs during ablution and prayer, and is it permissible to combine two prayers due to the hardship of performing ablution for each prayer time?
Is it permissible to use scented and moist sanitizing liquids and wipes during a state of Ihram, knowing that most of them are not free of a scent, such as alcohol?
What is the ruling on a male embryologist working and assisting the doctor in transferring embryos to the womb, which entails the uncovering of grave awrah (private parts), in cases where female staff are unavailable or the patient does not request it?
Is it permissible for a wife to deny herself to her husband and abandon showing affection to him, when he falls short in providing for her, especially regarding medical treatment, clothing, and adornment, while she fulfills her duties towards him and the household?
Is it permissible to address the maternal uncle who married the mother as "father" or similar, and is it obligatory to honor and be kind to him as one would to a parent, and do the rulings pertaining to a son and father apply to them? How should one deal with him if he wrongs you, and is one sinful if one does not honor or obey him?
Is it permissible for a son who is psychologically incapacitated and suffers from social phobia to be financially supported by his parents, and what are the limits of this support, and what is he entitled to ask of them in terms of treatment, education, and food?
What is the ruling on drinking medicine containing alcohol and rat bones for treatment?
Is there anything mentioned in Islamic law that prohibits medical treatment with chameleons or their eggs, even though some people use them for treatment?
Is it permissible to inject both sides of the face, when one side is healthy, in order to achieve balance between them?
Is the person who takes medication to reduce sexual desire, which led him to approach adultery, sinful?
Is it permissible to allocate additional shares of the house to a brother—beyond his share of inheritance—in exchange for his financial contributions to the father's medical treatment and their travels, given that some heirs agree while others refuse?
How can one reconcile the desire to study pharmacy with the caution against the impermissibility of dealing with medications that contain alcohol, especially with the existence of the Hadith: "Seek treatment, but do not seek treatment with unlawful things," and the difficulty of distinguishing between denatured and undenatured alcohol? Is it obligatory to inform the buyer of the harm of a specific medication, and what does the term "90° alcohol" mean?
Is there a cure for sorcery in Islam, and what is its nature and method? What is the evidence that the Quran is a healing for ailments of the hearts and souls, and not a cure for physical diseases? Is it conceivable for a jinn to possess a human? What is the difference between "mass" (touch) and "labs" (possession)? Is sorcery mere illusion and optical deception with no effect on the body? Does the annulment of sorcery mean it is a symptom, not a disease?
Is it permissible for men to wear magnetic Chinese or Japanese bracelets for the purpose of weight loss?
Is it permissible to show an educational film depicting the internal organs of the human body via medical endoscopy to school students, and is the consent of the patient to whom these images belong required?
Is there a clear religious text that specifies how hair should be cut, and is shaving the entire head part of the Sunnah?
What is the ruling on severe and continuous obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) regarding istinja' (washing after defecating or urinating), wudu' (ablution), prayer, and general purity, and what is the ruling on using the medication Philozac (a substitute for Prozac), and does it have the same result?
Do injections of saline or silicone for breast augmentation, which have a specific and safe duration, fall under prohibited cosmetic procedures, especially since they are not surgical operations or Botox, and resemble the effect of medicine?
Is the amount of donations a right of the daughter, or should it be returned to the donors? And should the amount obtained from selling the land be used to complete the daughter's treatment, or to start a business?
Are gifts given in exchange for discounts on medicine bills permissible or forbidden, and does the ruling differ if the discount is personal?
Is entering a Sharia specialization against the parents' refusal considered an act of disobedience (ʿuqūq), given the fear of abandoning religious commitment or forgetting the purpose of creation if this specialization is not pursued?
Is it permissible to marry a woman afflicted with mild epilepsy, which occurs only rarely when medication is stopped, with the possibility of complete recovery?