What is the ruling on one who abandons the general studies, as I mentioned, because his message is very long, as we read it previously? He says, as I said at the beginning, especially since if we abandon these professions, they will fall to the share of non-Muslims.
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The questioner : What is the ruling on one who abandons the general studies, as I mentioned, because his message is very long, as we read it previously? He says, as I said at the beginning, especially since if we abandon these professions, they will fall to the share of non-Muslims. And how many Muslim women have gone to a non-Muslim doctor, and the result was that the fetus was neglected until it died, and the ovaries were removed so that she would not give birth again. So if we abandon the profession of medicine, who will examine Muslim women? The enemies, of course.
The Shaykh : We say that it is not permissible for a Muslim to abandon medicine for the sake of these matters, because these matters, as we mentioned in the answer to the first question, are permissible. And if they are permissible, then it is not permissible for a person to abandon them based on the imaginations he imagines and thinks are forbidden. And there is no doubt that medicine is a collective obligation, as the scholars have said, because the interests of the people cannot be established without it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And whatever the general interests of the Muslims cannot be established without is a collective obligation, even if its origin is not from acts of worship. For this reason, the scholars said in their established general principles that the general interests that people need become a collective obligation, such as craftsmanship, carpentry, blacksmithing, and others. So if no one performs them, it becomes a collective obligation upon the Muslims.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So we say that it is obligatory for the sons of the Muslims in the lands of Islam to learn the profession of medicine and practice it, so that they can be relied upon instead of the disbelievers, such as the Christians or others.
The questioner : Even if that leads to what they are hesitant about, such as exposing the private parts of Muslims and others.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, even if the matter leads to exposing to them what they are hesitant about from these private parts.
The questioner : Yes, because the brother Khalil, in his very long message, says that some students abandoned the profession of medicine because they were hesitant about exposing the private parts of Muslims. And he advised them, and some of his colleagues did so, but some of them did not respond to the advice of their colleagues.
The Shaykh : We do not see that; we see that as long as the matter is within the scope of what is lawful in the Shari'ah, a Muslim should not be hesitant about it.
The questioner : Yes, you have done well.
His other question says.
The Shaykh : We say that it is not permissible for a Muslim to abandon medicine for the sake of these matters, because these matters, as we mentioned in the answer to the first question, are permissible. And if they are permissible, then it is not permissible for a person to abandon them based on the imaginations he imagines and thinks are forbidden. And there is no doubt that medicine is a collective obligation, as the scholars have said, because the interests of the people cannot be established without it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And whatever the general interests of the Muslims cannot be established without is a collective obligation, even if its origin is not from acts of worship. For this reason, the scholars said in their established general principles that the general interests that people need become a collective obligation, such as craftsmanship, carpentry, blacksmithing, and others. So if no one performs them, it becomes a collective obligation upon the Muslims.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So we say that it is obligatory for the sons of the Muslims in the lands of Islam to learn the profession of medicine and practice it, so that they can be relied upon instead of the disbelievers, such as the Christians or others.
The questioner : Even if that leads to what they are hesitant about, such as exposing the private parts of Muslims and others.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, even if the matter leads to exposing to them what they are hesitant about from these private parts.
The questioner : Yes, because the brother Khalil, in his very long message, says that some students abandoned the profession of medicine because they were hesitant about exposing the private parts of Muslims. And he advised them, and some of his colleagues did so, but some of them did not respond to the advice of their colleagues.
The Shaykh : We do not see that; we see that as long as the matter is within the scope of what is lawful in the Shari'ah, a Muslim should not be hesitant about it.
The questioner : Yes, you have done well.
His other question says.