Treatment and Medication
1,367 questions
What is the wisdom behind a person seeking treatment through medicine and the Qur'an when ill, despite Allah's ability to heal with "Be, and it is"?
Is it permissible for non-Muslim nurses to examine (a woman) after a C-section, knowing that this involves the exposure of the major 'awrah to more than one nurse? And does necessity dictate traveling to another country for the surgery where there are only Muslim nurses?
Will a truthful woman be punished on the Day of Resurrection if she neglected to treat her toothache?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on the status of the deceased husband's company, and are the widow and her daughter entitled to an income from it, and is it permissible for the husband's father to take furniture from the company for personal use, bearing in mind that there was mutual financial cooperation between the husband and his father during his lifetime?
Does supplication change a person's decreed destiny, and what becomes of a supplication that is not answered?
Is it permissible for parents to take all the savings of their expatriate son to pay for expensive and unnecessary medical treatment costs for the father, and does the son sin if he pays only two-thirds of the amount?
What are the limits of professional error in medicine?
Is it permissible for a woman to uncover her hair for treatment by a male doctor if a female doctor is unavailable, knowing that her father forbids it on the grounds that hair is 'awrah?
Does a person's being struck by hail (small ice cubes accompanying rain) harm him or indicate Allah's wrath upon him?
Is it permissible to give zakat to an unmarried sister, knowing that she has a monthly salary and an inherited amount in the bank?
How can one reconcile the noble Hadith which mentions the blowing of the soul after four months and the birth of the fetus, with the saying of some that the fetus moves in the first month, citing embryology as evidence?
What is the ruling on one who shaves part of his head and leaves the other part?
What is the ruling on joining military medicine, which stipulates the removal of the hijab in the first year?
Is there anything reported in the Sunnah of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that proves "Al-Jathum" is a jinn that sits on the chest of one who abandons prayer, or is this a superstition?
How can one honor their parents without feeling ashamed, especially if they are unaccustomed to such treatment?
Is it permissible for a veiled female doctor to pursue a master's degree and specialize in a clinic for women, while acknowledging the possibility of examining men during her studies and examinations, with the aim of protecting Muslim women and preventing them from having to be examined by men?
Is it permissible to take drugs to suppress sexual desire in order to devote oneself to seeking knowledge and serving religion, especially given the inability to marry and the mental preoccupation with women?
Is a husband obligated to cover the medical expenses of his wife, whether for an acute or chronic illness, or if she desires to conceive and faces difficulties in doing so? And if not legally obligated, what should a woman do who has no money and whose husband does not provide her with money if she falls ill and wishes to seek treatment?
What is the ruling on using crystal stones for medical treatment; is it permissible, or is it considered a form of polytheism (shirk)?
What is the ruling on using cosmetics and creams that contain chemical substances such as Cetearyl Alcohol and Cetyl Alcohol (methyl alcohol)? Are these compounds considered forbidden alcohol, or is it merely a similarity in name? And what is the ruling on using peppermint oil that is extracted using an alcoholic beverage?
Is it permissible for me to complete my medical studies to help my Muslim sisters, despite my father's objection, as he does not wish for that? Would this be considered disobedience to parents (ʿuqūq al-wālidayn), and would I be sinful for it? And if my father agrees but does not like it, would this be considered disobedience?
What is the ruling on looking at an illustrative or real picture of the area surrounding a woman's genitalia, or pictures of a woman's genitalia, in order to learn the names of the surrounding areas, or for the purpose of learning, knowing that the questioner is not married but is about to get married?
Is it permissible for a husband to divorce his wife if he discovers after marriage that she has severe visual impairment requiring costly operations, which she did not disclose before marriage, and what are his obligations towards her if he divorces her?
Why do Muslims not eat pork, and what are the reasons for its prohibition?