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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on a doctor examining women?

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Question:
He says: We are studying in the Faculty of Medicine, and we are required to examine women during our hospital shifts. This requirement applies to every student. What is the ruling on this?

Answer:
This is not good. This is not good. It is obligatory that women be treated by women and men by men. The Muslims are capable of this; they are capable of placing men's medicine in the hands of men and women's medicine in the hands of women. The Muslims are capable of this. As for the disbelievers, they do not care about this, and they have no objection to free mixing of men and women. The disbelievers have no objection to free mixing of men and women. As for the Muslims, they must distinguish this matter and appoint female doctors for women and male doctors for men. The female medical students examine the women. The male medical students examine the men.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم كشف الطبيب على النساء؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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