Treatment and Medication
1,367 questions
Is a public hospital worker considered to be committing ghulul (illicit acquisition from spoils of war or public property) if they take some medicine or similar items, and what is the expiation for ghulul?
Is it permissible for a married couple to watch a pornographic film if one of them suffers from sexual frigidity and is not aroused except by such things?
Is it permissible to enroll in a co-educational college of medicine, given that no other option is available in the province, coupled with an inability to relocate to another province, and with other specializations being unsuitable?
Is working in a pharmacy that sells the most profitable medications to customers instead of others, sometimes changing the customer's mind to take the more profitable product, permissible or forbidden?
Is it better for a female student to continue studying medicine despite her poor academic performance and her desire to devote herself to seeking Islamic knowledge, or to leave her studies and turn to seeking Islamic knowledge? Is it permissible for her to go to an institute to learn Islamic sciences without her parents' knowledge? And do her parents have the right to force her to stay in college?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding drops of urine or a similar fluid exiting with pain after urination, and are one's prayers and ablution accepted, and what is the ruling on remaining in the mosque with one's clothes in this state, and must one perform ablution for every prayer, and is there a medical treatment for this?
Is it permissible to force a sick mother to take medicine and food, raising one's voice at her, and threatening her with intravenous medication, and is this approach considered disobedience to parents?
Is the death of a patient who was treated with cortisone injections and a solution, even though his blood pressure was not high, considered accidental killing that necessitates expiation, or was it an exercise of professional judgment on the part of the female doctor?
What is the ruling on shaving the entire head while leaving the front longer than the rest?
What is the religious ruling on a female student studying human medicine, given that she will be exposed to examining men, and is it permissible for her to transfer to another specialty such as dentistry, and what are the appropriate specializations for a Muslim woman?
Are forbidden acts permissible for the sick person if they do not seek treatment?
Is it permissible for a non-Muslim to donate blood?
Is it permissible for the questioner's mother to use blood pressure medication brought by a relative who works in a government hospital, without knowing whether he obtained it with permission or not, and what is the ruling on what she has consumed of it, and how can one repent if there is any wrongdoing?
Is it permissible, Islamically, to use the Emotional Freedom Technique as a treatment?
How sound are the statements attributed to Amr ibn Dinar, Abu al-Shatha, Ibn Abbas, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ibn Hazm, and Al-Shawkani regarding the permissibility of masturbation? What is the refutation of their evidence, especially considering the objection to using the verse: "And those who guard their private parts" as proof, and the assertion that the default ruling is permissibility unless there is definitive evidence of prohibition, taking into account what modern medicine has established regarding the health harms resulting from addiction to this habit?
What is the way to get rid of the whispers of insulting God, threatening Him, feeling a desire to do so, and the resulting self-hatred and deterioration of one's psychological and physical state?
Is there a book on medicine written by a religious scholar that combines the arts of medicine with the Qur’an and Sunnah, and what is the best book in this field?
What is the ruling on offering in-kind gifts to doctors and pharmacists to encourage them to prescribe or request a specific medication? And does the ruling differ if the hospital is in urgent need of this medication or not? And what is the ruling on paying money to some doctors in exchange for their prescribing a company's medication?
What are the parameters for permissible speech and speech for which the speaker might be sinful, especially concerning everyday ordinary conversations?
Is it permissible to use a medication to treat depression, given a doubt concerning forbidden ingredients within it, knowing that treating oneself with forbidden things is not permissible?
Is it obligatory to prioritize attending a funeral over being preoccupied with studies and searching for medical treatment for relatives? And does greeting those present with "peace be upon you" before the start of the funeral procession contradict the required silence?
Is Zakat obligatory for my mother on the money she lent to my father and brother, which they are repaying partially each month, and which is entirely spent on her medical treatment and essential household needs?
Can legal Ruqyah restore sight to one who has lost it?
What is the treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder resulting from excessive thinking and fear of heart diseases?