Is it permissible for the one who administers medical injections to touch the body of a woman?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : His third and final question says: I have acquired a trade, which is administering medical injections, and men and women come to me. While administering the injections, I touch the bodies of women. Is there anything forbidden in this, or not? Please inform us, if you would be so kind, and thank you.
The Shaykh : There is nothing forbidden in it if there is a pressing need for it, such that no one is available in the place except this man who administers the injections. However, if a woman is found who can take his place, then it is not permissible for the man to do so. Then, if this is permissible due to need, it is obligatory for him, when touching the body of the woman,
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for him not to have any feeling of desire or to stir it up; rather, he should make himself feel that he is a treating physician, so that he stays away from the place of temptation.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
This message is from ... Muhammad 'Atiyyah from Riyadh, who says.
The Shaykh : There is nothing forbidden in it if there is a pressing need for it, such that no one is available in the place except this man who administers the injections. However, if a woman is found who can take his place, then it is not permissible for the man to do so. Then, if this is permissible due to need, it is obligatory for him, when touching the body of the woman,
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for him not to have any feeling of desire or to stir it up; rather, he should make himself feel that he is a treating physician, so that he stays away from the place of temptation.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
This message is from ... Muhammad 'Atiyyah from Riyadh, who says.