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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Treatment of a woman by a male doctor for a surgical operation

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Question:
This questioner says: Your Eminence, father, if a woman needs a surgical operation, and her husband cannot find in his country any doctor in this field other than a male one, but there are non-Muslim women in other countries, what is the preferable course of action for this man?

Answer:
It is permissible for him to be treated by a man; this is a dire necessity. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أسئلة اللقاء المفتوح [29-7-1440] مع صاحب المعالي العلامة صالح بن فوزان الفوزان بجامع الرحمانية — youtube.com (29:27)

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