Is it permissible for a woman to expose her awrah (the part of the body that must be covered) in front of a male doctor during childbirth?

The questioner : Just a question.

The Shaykh : No, you have not been given permission. I am drawing attention to this...

The questioner : I mean, usually, or between a woman and her sister, there is a connection between them that is different from that with other women; I mean, for example, in the case of childbirth, or there are things between them that are more than this. So what is the ruling on a woman exposing herself to her mother during the period of childbirth, or after that, which is the period of...? I do not know the ruling on this matter in Islam.

The Shaykh : Clarify, my brother, what is it? The ruling on childbirth while she is giving birth?

The questioner : While she is giving birth.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : It might be, of course, Doctor, a relative or something like that.

The Shaykh : What does this have to do with the question? This is related to the necessities (darurah) that we discussed earlier, and we discussed them recently. Necessities permit the prohibited. We said that it is not permissible for a woman to expose herself by revealing her awrah (the part of the body that must be covered) in front of a woman, let alone a man, except out of necessity. Now you are repeating the same question, and it has absolutely no relation to the previous discussion. The answer is known: "Necessities permit the prohibited." If there is no necessity, it is not permissible.

Another questioner : There are some questions related to the topic of women.

The Shaykh: Yes.