Treatment and Medication
1,367 questions
Is the wife entitled to demand her private money (18,000 riyals) from her husband, knowing that he spends on all the household and children's needs, as well as her medical treatment and delivery expenses, and that her salaries are spent on her or on assisting her family?
Is it permissible for a woman to roll up her sleeves to free herself from traditions or to facilitate her movement at work where men can see her, not with the intention of temptation?
Is it permissible for a woman to wear temporary hair extensions for her husband's adornment, given that her hair is very thin?
What is the ruling on joining separated teeth, especially since leaving them may affect one's health?
What is the ruling on transactions that involve paying university fees that include the cost of treatment at the university clinic, with the possibility that the student may not benefit from the treatment or that it may consume large sums of money? Is this considered a form of gambling? And what is the ruling on using external health insurance that the student pays annually and uses when needed and with the approval of the university clinic?
Does sin or fasting become due on whoever left medicine within reach of a little girl, leading to her taking a large quantity of it?
What is the reason for declaring Ibn Sina, Al-Farabi, and other scholars to be disbelievers, even though applied sciences are a collective obligation (fard kifaya)? Is there a contradiction in that? And how can one explain Ibn Taymiyyah's statement about Al-Khwarizmi that "the Sharia sciences are self-sufficient without him and others," despite his significant achievements in simplifying arithmetic operations and algebra?
Is a doctor held liable—during his training period and the beginning of his professional career, and under difficult working conditions—if he suspects that he caused the death of a patient or inflicted a permanent disability upon him? What is the expiation required in both cases? Is he permitted to resign from his job due to this fear and the working conditions?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on delaying Fajr prayer due to an illness that prevents one from waking up?
What is the ruling on researching the prolongation of human biological life, and is one who wishes to live a long life in a healthy body sinful?
Is it permissible to remove excess hair with a laser by a female doctor in the armpit and sensitive areas, especially if it is abundant and causes skin disfigurement?
Does one's Wudu become invalid upon feeling the discharge of secretions—of which the questioner was not certain—that had been discharged due to annoyance and anger with children?
Is it permissible for me to specialize in obstetrics and gynecology?
What is the virtue of giving free lessons in the field of medicine for the sake of Allah?
Does divorce occur by saying "you free" in English, without a firm intention and with hesitation, and in the context of the husband being absent for medical treatment while having a first wife who is unaware of the second?
What is the ruling on using live pigeon squabs to treat cancer by placing them on the patient's navel until they die?
Is it permissible to spend money entrusted as an أمانة (trust) to treat an ill father without his knowledge, given the unavailability of personal funds to cover the treatment costs?
Is it permissible for a pregnant woman carrying twins, who suffers from constant low blood pressure and needs food, medicine, and vitamins during the day, and for whom there is fear for her and her fetuses from harm, to break her fast in Ramadan, especially given that her pregnancy occurred after four years of treatment and IVF?
Is it permissible to give part of the funds collected for one beneficiary to another beneficiary, and to give the remaining part to a sick person?
Is it necessary for one who adheres to the Islamic appearance, represented by dress, beard, miswak, and going to the mosque, to seclude himself from people for fear of fame?
Is there a sin or expiation incumbent upon a woman who miscarried her fetus in the seventh month after carrying it to a tap because there was no one to water the sheep, and the fetus died after seven days?
What are the scientific and medical harms of alcohol and drugs?
Is it permissible to perform a hair transplant operation in which hair is taken from the same person and placed in another area that is hairless?
Is one who knows of the presence of a doctor infected with a dangerous blood-borne disease in a hospital sinful if they do not report it, fearing the transmission of the disease, or does the matter not concern them because the information reached them through a third party?