Treatment and Medication
1,367 questions
What is the ruling on a son taking money from his father's business without his knowledge, and is it permissible for him to keep this money to meet his needs?
Do seclusion, touch, and looking at women in a doctor's clinic invalidate one's acts of worship, such as prayer and fasting?
Is it permissible for a Muslim doctor to examine female patients in light of the prevalent mixing [of genders] and the lack of clear Islamic guidelines, especially with the fear of repeating this and its impact on the heart and faith, and would refraining from doing so be considered an administrative transgression?
Is it permissible to benefit from the service of reimbursement of treatment expenses from an insurance company without a deduction from the salary, whether in the case of comfortable financial circumstances or in the case of necessity due to high expenses?
What is the ruling regarding a man saying to his wife: "Consider yourself divorced with a single divorce"? And is it permissible for a mother to interfere in her married daughter's health by offering an opinion that contradicts her husband, and is the wife sinful if she disobeys her husband regarding undergoing a surgery she does not want, and does the husband have the right to force her to do so?
Can I return to the College of Pharmacy after failing in the College of Medicine and signing a pledge not to demand to study in it again, knowing that the pledge was vague?
Is it permissible for a female doctor working in a charitable clinic that provides free treatment and medicine to take some of the medicine for her own needs, knowing that she receives a salary from the clinic?
Is it permissible to continue treatment with a male dentist who is trustworthy and skilled, especially since female alternatives were not up to the required standard, knowing that he did not uncover any 'awrah and is nearly sixty years old?
What do you do to cope with your worries and anxiety about your two daughters' illness, despite your reading the Quran, praying, and supplicating for their recovery?
Is it permissible to use medication to thicken a sparse beard?
Is leaving a person suffering from an abdominal disease or one of the five mentioned in the Hadith without treatment—when treatment is possible—better for them so they may be martyrs, or must they seek treatment even if it involves amputating a part of the body?
What is the reason for the psychological disorders, including doubts and hallucinations, that have afflicted my 45-year-old aunt for the past 6 years, and what is her treatment, especially since she has not benefited from doctors or from shaykhs reciting verses about sorcery, the evil eye, and jinn?
Is it permissible to work in a barbershop where customers request forbidden haircuts, knowing that one cannot refuse their requests and no other job is available?
Is it permissible to remove the niqab—while continuing to wear the abaya—due to it constricting breathing and causing nervousness, and contradicting the doctor's advice that emphasizes the importance of psychological and neurological comfort for the success of the cancer treatment I am undergoing, knowing that the preponderant opinion is that the niqab is obligatory? And does Allah become angry with someone who removes it?
Is it permissible for an employee to benefit from the medical insurance paid for him by the company, knowing the impermissibility of commercial insurance, or should he seek treatment at his own expense?
Is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory for a mother whose child, suffering from a rare disease, passed away, and she believes that her unintentional negligence in administering his medication was the cause of his death, despite doctors having informed her that his end was known since birth?
What is the ruling on working in pharmacies and studying pharmacy given the presence of alcohol in small percentages in some medicines?
What are the conditions for financial support (nafaqah) for a daughter and a son, what are the differences between them, if any, to whom do these differences apply, or is the matter left to the discretion of the guardian?
Are gifts presented to doctors in exchange for prescribing specific types of medicine forbidden, and who bears the sin for them?
Is the husband's indifference to passing gas (farting) in bed, despite it causing distress and aversion to his wife, considered a violation of the etiquette of marital relations, and what is the ruling of Islamic law on that?
Is it permissible to masturbate to relieve sexual urges, especially when exposed to lustful stimuli and finding it difficult to control them, knowing that one is committed to fasting and that it is not sufficient to lower one's gaze?
Are the two rak'ahs of ihram Sunnah or obligatory, and does using Vaseline before ihram to prevent inflammation invalidate the ihram if its trace remains after ghusl and wearing the ihram, and is it permissible to perform Umrah while carrying a bag on the shoulder?
Is it permissible to use nail polish prescribed by a doctor for treatment while performing ablution (Wudu')?
What is the ruling on consuming foods and medicines that contain alcohol, given that some of them are necessary for improving memory or treating certain diseases, and that some foods are intoxicating yet do not contain alcohol?