A sick father who refuses medication
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: My father is an elderly man who is ill, and he refuses to take his medication and will not accept it, so his health deteriorates. He asks: What is obligatory for us, according to the Shari'ah, in dealing with him, as his condition worsens due to his refusal of the medication?
Answer:
You should consult the doctors about the appropriate medication for him and compel him to take it. Yes. The jurists say that seeking medical treatment is permissible. In their view, seeking medical treatment is permissible. However, the correct view is that it is obligatory, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Abi Dawud 3874Da'if (Al-Albani). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: My father is an elderly man who is ill, and he refuses to take his medication and will not accept it, so his health deteriorates. He asks: What is obligatory for us, according to the Shari'ah, in dealing with him, as his condition worsens due to his refusal of the medication?
Answer:
You should consult the doctors about the appropriate medication for him and compel him to take it. Yes. The jurists say that seeking medical treatment is permissible. In their view, seeking medical treatment is permissible. However, the correct view is that it is obligatory, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
so treat yourselves medically, but use nothing unlawful.
تداووا ولا تداووا بحرام
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، أول كتاب الإيلاء — islamhouse.com (55:33)
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