The Ruling on Male Nurses Treating Women
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Q: Is it permissible for a woman to nurse us when we are men, especially when there are male nurses available?
A: It is obligatory for all hospitals to have male nurses for men and female nurses for women; this is the obligation. Similarly, it is obligatory that male doctors treat men and female doctors treat women, except in cases of extreme necessity. If a disease is known only to a man, there is no harm in his treating a woman due to the necessity. Likewise, if a man’s disease is known only to a woman, there is no harm in her treating him. Otherwise, it is obligatory that the doctor for men be a man and the doctor for women be a woman. This is the obligation. The same applies to nurses: the male nurse for men and the female nurse for women, in order to cut off the means of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and to avoid the forbidden seclusion.
A: It is obligatory for all hospitals to have male nurses for men and female nurses for women; this is the obligation. Similarly, it is obligatory that male doctors treat men and female doctors treat women, except in cases of extreme necessity. If a disease is known only to a man, there is no harm in his treating a woman due to the necessity. Likewise, if a man’s disease is known only to a woman, there is no harm in her treating him. Otherwise, it is obligatory that the doctor for men be a man and the doctor for women be a woman. This is the obligation. The same applies to nurses: the male nurse for men and the female nurse for women, in order to cut off the means of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and to avoid the forbidden seclusion.
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binbaz.org.sa
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