Treatment and Medication

1,367 questions

Is it true that the reward for dhikr restricted to a specific number is not achieved unless that number is precisely adhered to, such that the reward is lost by increasing or decreasing it by even one?
Are we sinning if we compel our ill mother to undergo a necessary surgical operation to save her life, despite her refusal and preference to die in her home, after we have exhausted all efforts to persuade her and found no alternative?
What is the ruling on a male security officer touching a woman in the Haram when there is a need for it and no female personnel are available?
Is it permissible for a woman to travel without a mahram for medical treatment if not traveling could lead to a hysterectomy, given that some of her children are minors and her adult son will take her to and pick her up from her destination? Is she sinful for doing so? And is the questioner sinful for not traveling with her as a mahram?
Is it permissible to lie to one's grandmother about the price of an expensive medicine, and give it to her at a reduced price, knowing that she will not accept financial assistance?
Does the pharmacist guarantee the money that was lost from the till due to an unintentional error or oversight while charging the customer for the medicine?
Must a girl tell a suitor about the epilepsy she had previously and has since recovered from?
Are the children sinful for not informing their mother, who is diabetic, of the truth about the amputation of her inflamed toe, and for making her believe that it is a normal operation for her own good? And what is the expiation for that?
Is it permissible to engage in anal intercourse with one's wife if she is unable to engage in vaginal intercourse due to health reasons, in order to avoid falling into sin, and does this fall under the principle of "choosing the lesser of two evils"?
Is persuading an ailing father with cancer to go to the hospital for treatment, despite his initial refusal and desire to stay home, considered an act of disobedience if he goes because of this persuasion?
Is it permissible for a woman observing 'iddah to leave her home for her brother's house during the 'iddah period, given that she has adult sons?
Is it permissible to treat hyperpigmentation with a laser by a male doctor, given the possibility of other complications, and knowing that the face and neck must be uncovered?
Is it permissible for a wife to be photographed without a headscarf for official documents necessary for living in France, given that her husband will handle the photography and deal with the official authorities, and does necessity permit this?
Is the woman considered sinful for wearing colored cosmetic contact lenses due to bullying, and is it permissible for her to tell anyone who asks that they are her real eyes?
Is it permissible for me, as a resident in a European country for medical treatment, with an unknown duration of stay, to combine and shorten prayers, and is my prayer at home permissible due to the unavailability of nearby and sufficient mosques?
What is the ruling on delaying menstruation from its usual time through supplication (du'a), and is there any sin in it?
Is seeking medical treatment for progeny considered contradictory to patiently enduring trials, given the desire to receive the reward for patience?
I suffer from premature ejaculation, even though I am 47 years old?
What is the ruling on continuing to take sedatives for more than eight years, while fulfilling religious, familial, professional, and social obligations, and unsuccessfully attempting to stop them?
Does not seeking treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder contradict the Prophet Muhammad's (peace be upon him) saying: "Seek treatment, O servants of Allah, for Allah has not sent down any disease but that He has also sent down its cure"?
Does illness have a specific time for recovery, and does medicine hasten it?
Is it permissible for a pregnant woman to discontinue a prescribed stabilizing treatment, given that there is a hormonal cyst that may disappear on its own, and that the treatment is not for the cyst, and that discontinuing the treatment may lead to miscarriage?
Is it permissible for a woman to remove her hijab under any circumstances (her husband's work, etc.) for a specific period of time?
What is the Islamic legal ruling on dealing with a patient who requests to delay payment for a consultation after the examination and does not return to pay, knowing that the female doctor works in the private sector and cannot collect payment in advance?

Treatment and Medication

Is it true that the reward for dhikr restricted to a specific number is not achieved unless that number is precisely adhered to, such that the reward is lost by increasing or decreasing it by even one?

Are we sinning if we compel our ill mother to undergo a necessary surgical operation to save her life, despite her refusal and preference to die in her home, after we have exhausted all efforts to persuade her and found no alternative?

What is the ruling on a male security officer touching a woman in the Haram when there is a need for it and no female personnel are available?

Is it permissible to lie to one's grandmother about the price of an expensive medicine, and give it to her at a reduced price, knowing that she will not accept financial assistance?

Does the pharmacist guarantee the money that was lost from the till due to an unintentional error or oversight while charging the customer for the medicine?

Must a girl tell a suitor about the epilepsy she had previously and has since recovered from?

Are the children sinful for not informing their mother, who is diabetic, of the truth about the amputation of her inflamed toe, and for making her believe that it is a normal operation for her own good? And what is the expiation for that?

Is it permissible to engage in anal intercourse with one's wife if she is unable to engage in vaginal intercourse due to health reasons, in order to avoid falling into sin, and does this fall under the principle of "choosing the lesser of two evils"?

Is persuading an ailing father with cancer to go to the hospital for treatment, despite his initial refusal and desire to stay home, considered an act of disobedience if he goes because of this persuasion?

Is it permissible for a woman observing 'iddah to leave her home for her brother's house during the 'iddah period, given that she has adult sons?

Is it permissible to treat hyperpigmentation with a laser by a male doctor, given the possibility of other complications, and knowing that the face and neck must be uncovered?

Is it permissible for a wife to be photographed without a headscarf for official documents necessary for living in France, given that her husband will handle the photography and deal with the official authorities, and does necessity permit this?

Is the woman considered sinful for wearing colored cosmetic contact lenses due to bullying, and is it permissible for her to tell anyone who asks that they are her real eyes?

Is it permissible for me, as a resident in a European country for medical treatment, with an unknown duration of stay, to combine and shorten prayers, and is my prayer at home permissible due to the unavailability of nearby and sufficient mosques?

What is the ruling on delaying menstruation from its usual time through supplication (du'a), and is there any sin in it?

Is seeking medical treatment for progeny considered contradictory to patiently enduring trials, given the desire to receive the reward for patience?

I suffer from premature ejaculation, even though I am 47 years old?

What is the ruling on continuing to take sedatives for more than eight years, while fulfilling religious, familial, professional, and social obligations, and unsuccessfully attempting to stop them?

Does not seeking treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder contradict the Prophet Muhammad's (peace be upon him) saying: "Seek treatment, O servants of Allah, for Allah has not sent down any disease but that He has also sent down its cure"?

Does illness have a specific time for recovery, and does medicine hasten it?

Is it permissible for a pregnant woman to discontinue a prescribed stabilizing treatment, given that there is a hormonal cyst that may disappear on its own, and that the treatment is not for the cyst, and that discontinuing the treatment may lead to miscarriage?

Is it permissible for a woman to remove her hijab under any circumstances (her husband's work, etc.) for a specific period of time?

What is the Islamic legal ruling on dealing with a patient who requests to delay payment for a consultation after the examination and does not return to pay, knowing that the female doctor works in the private sector and cannot collect payment in advance?