Treatment and Medication
1,367 questions
Is it permissible for a diabetic to take insulin injections extracted from pigs because it is purer than that extracted from calves?
Is it obligatory for children to treat their mother who is sick with cancer surgically and chemically, despite her refusal, and will God know of their shortcoming if they abandon that out of mercy for her?
Is raising one's voice at a sick father who refuses to take his medicine or wishes for death considered an act of disobedience (ʿuqūq) and a major sin (kabīrah) warranting entry into Hellfire, especially given attempts to apologize to him and generally show him kindness, or does disobedience (ʿuqūq) have degrees, and not every act that displeases the parent is a major sin?
What are the prophetic Hadiths reported concerning cupping, and can one learn and practice it, and what books do you recommend reading on this subject?
What is the ruling on a man shaking hands with a woman, and what are the views of the Four Imams and the majority of scholars on this?
What is the Shar'i ruling regarding a group of women stopping to help a young man injured in a traffic accident, and offering him assistance with water or a phone, and is it forbidden for a woman to drive a car alone for such situations?
Is the husband obligated to pay his deceased wife's debt to her mother, especially since the mother is well-off and did not give her daughter anything from her father's inheritance?
Is a woman's dream of the Prophet Muhammad, in which he told her to ask people to perform ablution and open the Qur’an to Surat Al-Baqarah to find a small hair, place it in water, and drink it for protection from the epidemic, true or false?
What is the ruling on eating snake meat for medical treatment?
What is the ruling on a general practitioner, who is not specialized, learning the basics of obstetrics and gynecology theoretically and practically?
Is a kidney patient friend's refusal to accept financial assistance for a kidney transplant, on the grounds that it is a form of begging, preferring the deterioration of his health over it, considered suicide?
What is the ruling on using seven pieces of salt, moved over a patient's head while reciting Ayat al-Kursi and the Mu'awwidhat, then thrown into a fire with the intention of healing? And does the good intention of the healer affect the Sharia ruling on this act, knowing that a small sum of money may be requested in return?
What is the Sharia ruling or prescribed expiation for a boy under ten who committed sodomy with his brother under eight, and what is the psychological treatment to overcome the recollection of this incident?
Is it permissible for a shareholder in a company that deposited an amount in an interest-based bank to obtain tax and customs exemptions, and whose General Assembly decided to dispose of the usurious interest, to distribute this interest to the poor and needy, or to needy relatives and neighbors? And is it permissible for him to use it to pay off his debt or the debts of his sisters, or to help them with medical treatment due to their difficult financial circumstances?
Is a woman's conversation with a man via the internet (messenger) forbidden (haram), whether it be like siblings, or with the intention of marriage with the other party's assurance, or with the intention of treatment with a psychiatrist?
As a physician practicing radiology and ultrasound, am I permitted to teach a gynecologist how to use an ultrasound machine, knowing that she will use it in her clinic and charge patients fees, despite the fact that I am not a specialist and consider myself in need of learning?
Is it permissible to continue working at a conventional bank that has started converting its branches into Islamic branches after the approval of the Sharia board headed by Sheikh Abdullah Al-Manea?
What is حجامة (wet cupping)?
How can one respond to those who quote narrations from Ibn Taymiyyah's book "Al-Kalim Al-Tayyib" which mention that Ibn 'Umar and Ibn 'Abbas commanded to mention the name "Muhammad" when a man's leg goes numb, while we prohibit mentioning human beings in tawassul (seeking intercession) and the like, and how could Ibn Taymiyyah mention these narrations without authentication or weakening, given that he was among the foremost in opposing such matters?
Is it unlawful to use drugs to get rid of thinness or body weakness, and what are the regulations for that?
What is the ruling on seeking asylum in Sweden and leaving one's wife and children after securing their future, due to problems and chronic diseases in Iraq?
Is rejecting treatment for a terminal illness and enduring it a reason for receiving a great reward, and does this fall within the context of the noble Hadith: "Seventy thousand of my Ummah will enter Paradise without reckoning; they are those who do not seek Ruqyah, nor are branded with hot iron, nor believe in omens, and upon their Lord they rely," and the Hadith of the woman who used to have epileptic fits?
Is it permissible to consult a psychiatrist for the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, given the concern that this might contradict the belief that healing comes through religion and not medicine, and would seeking medical help in this case be considered an act of disbelief or a sin?
Is it right to stop trying to conceive using hormones and rely on natural conception?