The Responsibility of Educating Patients in Hospitals

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and may He do you good. Shaykh Salih, who is responsible for educating patients? Is it the hospital's responsibility, or the responsibility of the bodies concerned with da'wah (calling others to Islam) and enjoining good and forbidding evil? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
It is the responsibility of everyone. Educating patients in hospitals is obligatory upon scholars and obligatory upon those responsible for hospitals. The first among those responsible is the Minister of Health; he must pay attention to this. Praise be to Allah, currently all government bodies and ministries have guidance and da'wah (calling others to Islam) departments. Let the Ministry of Health be among the best in performing this great work by establishing a guidance department for patients regarding their religious matters, the rulings concerning illness, and what is obligatory for them while they are in hospitals. Yes.