Treatment and Medication
1,367 questions
If studying medicine is a collective obligation (fard kifayah), does it become an individual obligation (fard ayn) for students who have chosen to specialize in it, and is a medical student sinful if they neglect their studies?
Is it permissible for us to try to obtain a medical certificate stating that our father is unable to sign or control his hands due to Parkinson's disease, for fear that he might transfer ownership of his house to his wife, who controls him and constantly demands money from him?
Is it permissible to use adhesive tapes made of silk in the treatment of localized pain, knowing that it is possible to do without them?
What is the ruling on looking at pictures of naked women or naked people in medical textbooks for the purpose of study and learning?
Is one who vowed to study medicine then turned away from it considered a breaker of their vow, based on the opinion of some jurists—especially the Shafi‘is—that a vow includes communal obligations (Fard Kifayah)?
What is the religious ruling on treatment with what is called "Damietta therapy," which contains non-Arabic incantations used to treat the sick, especially when modern medicine is ineffective?
What is the interpretation of seeing a white animal with a human face and seeing a laughing skeleton, and why are there three-letter words commanding robbery, and is this related to using "Ventolin" medication for asthma treatment?
Is it permissible to lie to French officials—by claiming to have stayed in France for three months and claiming to not possess identification papers—in order to obtain free treatment for my daughter who suffers from a rare disease?
Is a Muslim obligated to seek treatment in a case of advanced terminal illness, where the treatment has side effects and offers little hope of cure, or is seeking treatment generally optional?
What is the medical specialty that should be consulted for the treatment of recurrent hysterical rage attacks, which lead to self-loathing and the desire for self-harm?
What is the ruling on paying sums of money to doctors to encourage them to prescribe a specific medicine, and are there permissible services that a medical representative can offer to gain a doctor's approval?
Has it been reported from the Prophet (peace be upon him) that camel urine is used for treating hepatitis C?
Is it permissible to seek treatment for erectile dysfunction?
How authentic is the Hadith: "Whoever eats or drinks in the presence of a sick person has been fully rewarded," and what does it mean?
Is a sick person sinful if he refuses a liver transplant operation, to be donated by his son, fearing for his son from any potential danger and out of apprehension of the exorbitant material costs?
Is a doctor's pursuit of healing considered an interference with God's will by depriving the patient of atonement for sins through illness?
What is the ruling on keeping a female Persian cat inside the house and isolating her from males to prevent her from becoming pregnant, knowing that she will receive complete care and will not leave the apartment?
What is the ruling on producing alcohol that is used in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, such as perfumes?
Is it permissible for a woman to study medicine and view men's awrahs, especially since it is a communal obligation (fard kifayah) and entails harms such as intermingling?
Is it permissible for a trainee doctor to observe the physician while treating patients and to inquire about ambiguous cases when no patient is present?
Is it permissible for a woman to study medicine in hospitals where there is mixing, in order to become skilled, knowing that she will work as a doctor in her private clinic for women only?
Are there any invocations (adhkar) to be recited for someone bitten by a dog, in addition to the known medical treatment, and what is the extent of their authenticity?
Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to take natural herbal pills that increase estrogen secretion and lead to an increase in the size of areas of allure such as the thighs, buttocks, and chest, knowing that their ingredients are halal but their use is intended to enhance these areas?
What is the ruling on the work of a pharmacist who presents medicines to doctors, who then demand a bribe in exchange for prescribing the medicine to patients, and the pharmacist acts as an intermediary for this bribe between the company and the doctor? Is he thereby considered a "rāʾish" (one who mediates a bribe)? And is it permissible to eat the food offered by my brother-in-law, who works in this profession?