Treatment and Medication

1,367 questions

Is a person rewarded for helping poor families with their medical treatment, despite being in financial distress and accumulating debts, or will they be held accountable for these debts?
Is a Muslim sinful if he neglects and disregards the annual comprehensive medical examination, and is consequently afflicted by harm, acting against the well-known saying: "Prevention is better than cure"?
Is it permissible to give zakat funds to charities that do not directly empower the poor with money, but rather pay off their debts or cover the costs of their medical treatment or education directly to the beneficiary entities (such as hospitals and universities) on their behalf?
Must a wife obey her husband and mother-in-law by bathing with the belongings of a deceased person in order to conceive, and is this act permissible in Islam?
What is the ruling on a private physician refusing to treat poor patients whose condition is critical due to their inability to pay, while justifying this by saying that he performs free operations and arguing that medical treatment is not obligatory?
Is it permissible for a person intersex at birth, who was determined to be male but has the voice and appearance of a female, not to take male hormones due to their danger to him, and to remain in this current physical state?
Would giving liquid to a patient unable to swallow cause their death, and would inheritance be forfeited because of that?
Will I or my family be held accountable for the death of my Mongol daughter—who passed away after a delay in her medical treatment for a health complication following heart surgery—and how can we atone for this sin?
How can God Almighty's saying: "They used to sleep but little of the night" be reconciled with doctors' recommendations of the necessity of sleeping for 8 or 9 hours for the body's stability, and what are the best ways to apply this?
What is the ruling on using citric acid extracted from the fermentation of molasses in Western countries, which may be used in refining sugar that might involve the use of bones from dead animals, knowing that citric acid is used in foods and in refining cooking oils?
What is the ruling on purchasing shares in companies that deal with 5% alcohol, given a previous fatwa permitting the purchase with the extraction of the percentage's value, and another opinion prohibiting the purchase? And what is the correct view in this regard?
Is it permissible for my wife to pay a portion of her zakat on wealth to my father's wife to cover her medical expenses, knowing that both parents are unemployed and I will have to borrow money to help them?
What type of alcohol is forbidden in perfumes, and does it differ from medical alcohol or alcohol specifically for perfumes? What is the ruling on using spray perfumes that contain alcohol?
Is a mother's refusal to take blood pressure medication justified, based on her belief that it is from Satan and comes from disbelievers?
Is it permissible to buy medicine for a sick mother, whose recovery is not expected by doctors, using a "Visa card" while being careful to avoid usury, or must it be bought at a double price through another agent, knowing that the currency exchange difference is significant?
Is there a sin on a woman whose hair was completely uncovered during an MRI scan due to the lack of an alternative to cover her head?
What are the rulings on providing resuscitation to patients in light of resource scarcity, and in which cases is it permissible to remove resuscitation devices?
Is it permissible to supplicate for a deformity in me to be changed?
Is it permissible for me to take medications from the clinic of the company I work for, in exchange for what I spent on my treatment for the coronavirus that I contracted during work, or is this considered consuming people's wealth unlawfully?
What is the ruling on looking at a picture of someone's 'awrah on the internet, without their face being visible, for educational purposes or to find differences, both on normal days and during Ramadan?
Is it permissible to continue treatment with a non-Muslim (Christian) doctor who touches the scalp and hair, especially since the treatment has shown positive results and cannot be stopped suddenly?
Is it permissible to watch a video clip in which a woman appears, in order to identify her mistakes as a poor presenter in an "English Communication" course, for the purpose of obtaining a test score?
Does stolen money used to treat a sister with cancer harm her?
What is the ruling on using a live frog by spinning it seven times over pustules and then starving it to death for the purpose of healing?

Treatment and Medication

Is a person rewarded for helping poor families with their medical treatment, despite being in financial distress and accumulating debts, or will they be held accountable for these debts?

Is a Muslim sinful if he neglects and disregards the annual comprehensive medical examination, and is consequently afflicted by harm, acting against the well-known saying: "Prevention is better than cure"?

Is it permissible to give zakat funds to charities that do not directly empower the poor with money, but rather pay off their debts or cover the costs of their medical treatment or education directly to the beneficiary entities (such as hospitals and universities) on their behalf?

Must a wife obey her husband and mother-in-law by bathing with the belongings of a deceased person in order to conceive, and is this act permissible in Islam?

What is the ruling on a private physician refusing to treat poor patients whose condition is critical due to their inability to pay, while justifying this by saying that he performs free operations and arguing that medical treatment is not obligatory?

Is it permissible for a person intersex at birth, who was determined to be male but has the voice and appearance of a female, not to take male hormones due to their danger to him, and to remain in this current physical state?

Would giving liquid to a patient unable to swallow cause their death, and would inheritance be forfeited because of that?

Will I or my family be held accountable for the death of my Mongol daughter—who passed away after a delay in her medical treatment for a health complication following heart surgery—and how can we atone for this sin?

How can God Almighty's saying: "They used to sleep but little of the night" be reconciled with doctors' recommendations of the necessity of sleeping for 8 or 9 hours for the body's stability, and what are the best ways to apply this?

What is the ruling on using citric acid extracted from the fermentation of molasses in Western countries, which may be used in refining sugar that might involve the use of bones from dead animals, knowing that citric acid is used in foods and in refining cooking oils?

What is the ruling on purchasing shares in companies that deal with 5% alcohol, given a previous fatwa permitting the purchase with the extraction of the percentage's value, and another opinion prohibiting the purchase? And what is the correct view in this regard?

Is it permissible for my wife to pay a portion of her zakat on wealth to my father's wife to cover her medical expenses, knowing that both parents are unemployed and I will have to borrow money to help them?

What type of alcohol is forbidden in perfumes, and does it differ from medical alcohol or alcohol specifically for perfumes? What is the ruling on using spray perfumes that contain alcohol?

Is a mother's refusal to take blood pressure medication justified, based on her belief that it is from Satan and comes from disbelievers?

Is it permissible to buy medicine for a sick mother, whose recovery is not expected by doctors, using a "Visa card" while being careful to avoid usury, or must it be bought at a double price through another agent, knowing that the currency exchange difference is significant?

Is there a sin on a woman whose hair was completely uncovered during an MRI scan due to the lack of an alternative to cover her head?

What are the rulings on providing resuscitation to patients in light of resource scarcity, and in which cases is it permissible to remove resuscitation devices?

Is it permissible to supplicate for a deformity in me to be changed?

Is it permissible for me to take medications from the clinic of the company I work for, in exchange for what I spent on my treatment for the coronavirus that I contracted during work, or is this considered consuming people's wealth unlawfully?

What is the ruling on looking at a picture of someone's 'awrah on the internet, without their face being visible, for educational purposes or to find differences, both on normal days and during Ramadan?

Is it permissible to continue treatment with a non-Muslim (Christian) doctor who touches the scalp and hair, especially since the treatment has shown positive results and cannot be stopped suddenly?

Is it permissible to watch a video clip in which a woman appears, in order to identify her mistakes as a poor presenter in an "English Communication" course, for the purpose of obtaining a test score?

Does stolen money used to treat a sister with cancer harm her?

What is the ruling on using a live frog by spinning it seven times over pustules and then starving it to death for the purpose of healing?