A woman’s treatment by a male doctor when no female doctor is available
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman from outside this country who says that she searched for a female specialist in a specific field, but she could not find any, only male doctors. Is she permitted to go to them for her treatment?
Answer:
If she is compelled to do so, she goes to the men for treatment. But if she is not compelled, there are many female doctors. We have them in government hospitals, in clinics, and in commercial clinics. She asks for a female doctor in the country and goes to her. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman from outside this country who says that she searched for a female specialist in a specific field, but she could not find any, only male doctors. Is she permitted to go to them for her treatment?
Answer:
If she is compelled to do so, she goes to the men for treatment. But if she is not compelled, there are many female doctors. We have them in government hospitals, in clinics, and in commercial clinics. She asks for a female doctor in the country and goes to her. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأما تسميته بالصوت الأحمق والصوت الفاجر — islamhouse.com (1:11:09)
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