The patient remaining with the female doctor in a room with an open door
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if one enters the hospital for treatment, and the doctor is a woman, does remaining with her in the room count as seclusion (khalwah) if the door is not closed and people are passing by in the hospital?
Answer:
If the door is open and people are passing by, that is lighter, but it still carries a degree of danger. It is a type of seclusion, but lighter, as long as the door is open and people are passing by. However, leaving it and staying away from it is worse. As for if the door is closed and there is no one in the room except you and a female doctor, nurse, or otherwise, then this is not permissible; this is seclusion. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, if one enters the hospital for treatment, and the doctor is a woman, does remaining with her in the room count as seclusion (khalwah) if the door is not closed and people are passing by in the hospital?
Answer:
If the door is open and people are passing by, that is lighter, but it still carries a degree of danger. It is a type of seclusion, but lighter, as long as the door is open and people are passing by. However, leaving it and staying away from it is worse. As for if the door is closed and there is no one in the room except you and a female doctor, nurse, or otherwise, then this is not permissible; this is seclusion. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب العدة والإحداد — islamhouse.com (49:13)
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