What is the ruling on receiving medical treatment at the expense of health insurance?
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questioner says: I work for a company that has provided health insurance for its employees. Is it permissible for me to receive treatment?
Answer:
Do not engage in insurance. Work for a known wage, but leave the insurance alone; insurance is not permissible. As for the work, there is nothing wrong with it if the work is permissible; you work in a permissible job. As for insurance, no, because it is gambling.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questioner says: I work for a company that has provided health insurance for its employees. Is it permissible for me to receive treatment?
Answer:
Do not engage in insurance. Work for a known wage, but leave the insurance alone; insurance is not permissible. As for the work, there is nothing wrong with it if the work is permissible; you work in a permissible job. As for insurance, no, because it is gambling.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 488 ما حكم العلاج على نفقة التأمين الصحي؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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