What is the ruling on being alone with a patient or with a doctor?
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The questioner : I imagine that some hospitals have a surgical ward, and no one goes there except a doctor or a doctor. So I must go out.
The Shaykh : With the patient, or he wants to be anesthetized.
The questioner : It is not possible; this does not provide for more than three people. It is necessary
The Shaykh : I mean, it is not possible to limit it to just the doctor and the nurse.
The questioner : There must be another person with them.
The Shaykh : However, this may occur in matters other than surgeries, but in non-surgical cases, the patient is with them. For example, suppose it is a simple operation, like a wound in the hand or the leg.
The patient is with them; that is not our concern, and the matter does not call for it. In reality, there is no need. If the patient is anesthetized or unconscious, they can bring a third person with them, and the seclusion occurs. But the problem now is that we sometimes hear that the doctor and the nurse are in the room with no one else. No one comes in because there are no patients waiting, so they sit and talk and laugh, and perhaps the nurse is young or beautiful. That is a problem. The condition is that he enters there. By Allah, the patients do enter, but sometimes they lock the door. Sometimes we stand at the door. Do you know? Basically, your light, young men, if your light is not even opened except for two days.
Yes, indeed. In any case, this is a matter that, unfortunately, Muslims do out of negligence and imitation of those who do not believe in Allah and believe in Allah.
The Shaykh : With the patient, or he wants to be anesthetized.
The questioner : It is not possible; this does not provide for more than three people. It is necessary
The Shaykh : I mean, it is not possible to limit it to just the doctor and the nurse.
The questioner : There must be another person with them.
The Shaykh : However, this may occur in matters other than surgeries, but in non-surgical cases, the patient is with them. For example, suppose it is a simple operation, like a wound in the hand or the leg.
The patient is with them; that is not our concern, and the matter does not call for it. In reality, there is no need. If the patient is anesthetized or unconscious, they can bring a third person with them, and the seclusion occurs. But the problem now is that we sometimes hear that the doctor and the nurse are in the room with no one else. No one comes in because there are no patients waiting, so they sit and talk and laugh, and perhaps the nurse is young or beautiful. That is a problem. The condition is that he enters there. By Allah, the patients do enter, but sometimes they lock the door. Sometimes we stand at the door. Do you know? Basically, your light, young men, if your light is not even opened except for two days.
Yes, indeed. In any case, this is a matter that, unfortunately, Muslims do out of negligence and imitation of those who do not believe in Allah and believe in Allah.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2087 - 4600 ما حكم الخلوة بالمريض أو بالطبيب؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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