Treatment and Medication
1,367 questions
What are the suitable university specializations for a high school girl with a very good academic record, such that they hold great value, importance, and benefit for Muslims, excluding medicine?
Is it permissible to issue a document stating that the questioner is the sole provider for his mother, knowing that he is not, in order to enable her to receive medical treatment at the expense of the Cultural Attaché?
What is the ruling on a doctor who disappoints a patient and does not follow up on their condition after a surgical operation? Is the doctor responsible if something befalls the patient due to their negligence? And what is the ruling if the doctor wishes to seek forgiveness from the patient to conclude the matter?
Is a bipolar patient required to offer expiation for oaths made during a manic episode that he subsequently became unable to fulfill? What is the Sharīʿah's view on the financial responsibility of a financially capable father to support his unmarried daughters, including clothing and medical treatment, if the mother claims that this is not obligatory for him?
Is it sufficient to give a portion of zakat to someone who later turned out not to be in need of it, as was initially expected, given that he received the amount after his treatment was provided for free?
What is the ruling on the money earned by my brother from selling food products and cigarettes, from which he gives to our mother to buy her medicine and necessities, as well as the food that our mother buys with this money and from which the questioner eats, or the money that my brother gives to the questioner for transportation, knowing that this money is our mother's only source of income? And what is the expiation for that, if there is sin?
Is it permissible, from a Sharia perspective, for a therapist to use stratagem and imagination in treating delusional cases, such as deluding a patient that there is witchcraft and destroying it? And is this considered part of the imaginative therapy mentioned by Imam Ibn al-Qayyim? And is it permissible to use suggestive hypnosis in such cases?
Must a new professional inform a client or patient that he is new to his profession, given that he was not asked about his experience, assuming he would answer truthfully if asked?
Is a female student sinful if she refrains from marriage to dedicate herself to obeying her parents, worshipping Allah, and studying medicine, and does this action of hers displease Allah?
Is removing one's gloves in some practical lessons in veterinary medicine or on certain occasions—while adhering to full hijab (loose and long clothing)—considered hypocrisy?
Does donating to an Islamic charity that works to deliver the message of Islam, treat the poor, build mosques, and dig wells in Africa—based on the hadith: "The one who points to good is like the one who does it"—mean obtaining a reward similar to that of those who carry out these deeds, such as scholars, doctors, engineers, and laborers? Or does the meaning of the hadith differ, and thus the reward is limited only to the reward of charity?
Is there any prohibition or sin upon a pharmacist who works in a pharmacy that sells marijuana by prescription, if some patients sell it to other individuals without the knowledge of the pharmacy or the doctor?
Is it permissible to pay for medical treatment costs with usurious interest due to necessity, and what is the ruling on subscribing to insurance for others (low-income individuals)?
Is it permissible to use an oral antiseptic spray containing alcohol and menthol, as well as products containing alcohol for external use, such as lip balm?
How can I deal with my parents' continuous pressure for me to study medicine and excel in it, while I wish to dedicate myself to worship, and he refuses that and resorts to violence, knowing that my attempt to combine the two leads to immersion in worldly matters and trials for my family?
Is a student's refusal to allow a female doctor to touch his back to apply a practical part of a "therapeutic exercises" course in a mixed-gender university a correct or incorrect action, and is this considered a necessity, like a man being treated by a female doctor?
Is the therapeutic approach used with a girl who has been subjected to harassment and developed a phobia of men—an approach based on imagining harassment situations during relaxation—forbidden or permissible?
What is the ruling on a man marrying a woman who turned out to be a Thayyib (a non-virgin) — after the M'azun (marriage official) had attested that she was a virgin — subsequent to them having aborted their illegitimate pregnancy, and will sincere repentance relieve them of despair, and what is the expiation for the abortion?
Is it permissible to return to America and reside there for the purpose of free medical treatment for a sick wife, despite the advice of scholars against living in non-Muslim lands?
Is it permissible for a husband to agree to his wife's visit to a male gynecologist for her pregnancy follow-up, given the availability of female doctors, under the pretext of the female doctors' lack of competence and her fear for herself, provided that he accompanies her to prevent seclusion and to ensure that only what is necessary is exposed?
Is it obligatory for someone who takes antidepressant medication prescribed in the name of his sick father to donate the value of the medicine he took throughout the treatment period?
Is a mature child obligated to obey his parents in undergoing a medical evaluation and psychological treatment, especially since the parents believe that non-compliance will harm the child, while the child believes that the treatment will harm him and does not believe in its necessity?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on a woman being completely stripped and having her body searched by a female soldier or a male officer in the occupied territories, if refusing to do so leads to her losing her job?
Is a person sinful if he does not pay the full amount after one of the alternative medicine centers surprised him with an exorbitant price for treatment and herbs, knowing that they did not inform him of the price in the beginning?