What is the ruling on using a substance from a pig in gum treatment, which a Muslim doctor has prescribed?
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Question:
I have weakness and disease in my gums, so the Muslim doctor told me that it is necessary to place a barrier material between the tooth and the gum, but it is from a pig, and there is no alternative that can replace it, so may I allow him to do so?
Answer:
This is permissible only in case of dire necessity. If you are compelled, Allah the Exalted says: “except what you are compelled to eat”[Al-Baqarah 2:173] from it. If the dire necessity has been reached, there is no harm. But if there is no dire necessity, it is not permissible. Yes.
I have weakness and disease in my gums, so the Muslim doctor told me that it is necessary to place a barrier material between the tooth and the gum, but it is from a pig, and there is no alternative that can replace it, so may I allow him to do so?
Answer:
This is permissible only in case of dire necessity. If you are compelled, Allah the Exalted says: “except what you are compelled to eat”
has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], there is no sin
حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ الْخِنزِيرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ بِهِ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَلَا إِثْمَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم استخدام مادة من الخنزير في علاج اللثة أوصى بها طبيب مسلم؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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