The ruling on giving a doctor a gift for better care of the patient
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The questioner:
Regarding the sip, for example, if I go to the doctor and the patient needs more care and more attention, does giving a gift for more care and more attention fall under the category of a bribe?
The Shaykh:
If what is intended is that you give it to someone so that it does not happen, if it is not exposed to a state of being settled by maintenance, and it is not a gift, but rather it is intended that you throw it to another patient for his sake so that it does not happen,
Another questioner:
Our respect, our respect.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Another questioner:
Solidarity, if one looks toward bribery, it does not improve the treatment of others. Whoever gives a bribe is treated better, and whoever is given one is treated better.
The Shaykh:
And whoever fears, this is feared by the Shari'ah. By the Shari'ah, yes.
Another questioner:
Meaning, something for which the doctor is punished.
The Shaykh:
It is possible, in any case, if this includes a prohibition or a rule, if it includes that he treats the one who gave him well, or treats the one who gave him badly, or neglects him, it is forbidden, like the issue of price gouging and prohibition,
The questioner:
Okay. Is that all?
The Shaykh:
But the doctor might come to his house, or observe him in his house, or be assigned to him with a partner in it, or there might be other reasons that do not include any of the people. The rule is this rule: if the giving does not harm anyone, this is the rule, that it might harm someone with it. Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him).
Regarding the sip, for example, if I go to the doctor and the patient needs more care and more attention, does giving a gift for more care and more attention fall under the category of a bribe?
The Shaykh:
If what is intended is that you give it to someone so that it does not happen, if it is not exposed to a state of being settled by maintenance, and it is not a gift, but rather it is intended that you throw it to another patient for his sake so that it does not happen,
Another questioner:
Our respect, our respect.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Another questioner:
Solidarity, if one looks toward bribery, it does not improve the treatment of others. Whoever gives a bribe is treated better, and whoever is given one is treated better.
The Shaykh:
And whoever fears, this is feared by the Shari'ah. By the Shari'ah, yes.
Another questioner:
Meaning, something for which the doctor is punished.
The Shaykh:
It is possible, in any case, if this includes a prohibition or a rule, if it includes that he treats the one who gave him well, or treats the one who gave him badly, or neglects him, it is forbidden, like the issue of price gouging and prohibition,
The questioner:
Okay. Is that all?
The Shaykh:
But the doctor might come to his house, or observe him in his house, or be assigned to him with a partner in it, or there might be other reasons that do not include any of the people. The rule is this rule: if the giving does not harm anyone, this is the rule, that it might harm someone with it. Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him).
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح القديم ]، بداية من باب الشهادات — islamhouse.com (1:07:13)
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