Treatment of a Muslim Woman by a Christian Doctor
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Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to be treated by a Christian woman?
First: I am challenging you on the word (Christianity) what does it mean?The questioner: One who follows Jesus.
The Shaykh: And is she truly a follower of Jesus?The questioner: No; but as she claims.
The Shaykh: If she truly followed Jesus, she would have embraced Islam; because the Islamic religion abrogated the religion of Jesus, just as the religion of Jesus abrogated the religion of Judaism. They now acknowledge that their religion abrogated the religion of Judaism; but they do not acknowledge that the religion of Islam abrogated their religion.Even though Allah says: [Al-Imran: 85],So call her by the name Allah gave her, namely: Christianity, and now ask.
The questioner: Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to be treated by a Christian woman?The Shaykh: If she trusts her, there is no harm.And the evidence for this: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), when he traveled from Makkah to al-Madinah during the Hijrah, employed a polytheist named Abdullah ibn Urayqit, from the Banu al-Dail, to guide him on the road.
And you know the danger of the matter, that he was guiding the way; because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)—as you know—Quraish had intensified their pursuit of him until they offered two hundred camels to whoever brought him and Abu Bakr. This polytheist could have exploited this by misleading them on the road, and yet when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) trusted him, he hired him.
First: I am challenging you on the word (Christianity) what does it mean?The questioner: One who follows Jesus.
The Shaykh: And is she truly a follower of Jesus?The questioner: No; but as she claims.
The Shaykh: If she truly followed Jesus, she would have embraced Islam; because the Islamic religion abrogated the religion of Jesus, just as the religion of Jesus abrogated the religion of Judaism. They now acknowledge that their religion abrogated the religion of Judaism; but they do not acknowledge that the religion of Islam abrogated their religion.Even though Allah says:
And whoever desires other than Islam as religion - never will it be accepted from him
وَمَنْ يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الْأِسْلامِ دِيناً فَلَنْ يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُThe questioner: Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to be treated by a Christian woman?The Shaykh: If she trusts her, there is no harm.And the evidence for this: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), when he traveled from Makkah to al-Madinah during the Hijrah, employed a polytheist named Abdullah ibn Urayqit, from the Banu al-Dail, to guide him on the road.
And you know the danger of the matter, that he was guiding the way; because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)—as you know—Quraish had intensified their pursuit of him until they offered two hundred camels to whoever brought him and Abu Bakr. This polytheist could have exploited this by misleading them on the road, and yet when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) trusted him, he hired him.