The Ruling on a Woman Seeking Treatment from a Doctor
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Question:
The listener Muhammad Abu Nuha sent a message presenting the issue of the woman and the doctor again. Our brother Muhammad Abu Nuha is from Algeria and resides in Makkah al-Mukarramah. What is your guidance, Your Eminence, regarding this topic?
The Shaykh: Which topic?
The presenter: The topic of the woman and the doctor.
Answer:
A woman is treated by a woman, and a man is treated by a man. If a woman is in dire necessity for a doctor, there is no blame on her. If she does not find a female doctor, there is nothing wrong with a male doctor treating her. Likewise, if a man is in dire necessity for a woman to treat him because there is no male doctor who knows his illness, there is nothing wrong with that.[At-Taghabun 64:16]
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. Even if the matter is a matter of childbirth, or something similar?
The Shaykh: In case of dire necessity, there is nothing wrong with it. In case of dire necessity, if no one is available to deliver her, and she fears for her own safety, yes.
The presenter: Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The listener Muhammad Abu Nuha sent a message presenting the issue of the woman and the doctor again. Our brother Muhammad Abu Nuha is from Algeria and resides in Makkah al-Mukarramah. What is your guidance, Your Eminence, regarding this topic?
The Shaykh: Which topic?
The presenter: The topic of the woman and the doctor.
Answer:
A woman is treated by a woman, and a man is treated by a man. If a woman is in dire necessity for a doctor, there is no blame on her. If she does not find a female doctor, there is nothing wrong with a male doctor treating her. Likewise, if a man is in dire necessity for a woman to treat him because there is no male doctor who knows his illness, there is nothing wrong with that.
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْThe presenter: May Allah reward you with good. Even if the matter is a matter of childbirth, or something similar?
The Shaykh: In case of dire necessity, there is nothing wrong with it. In case of dire necessity, if no one is available to deliver her, and she fears for her own safety, yes.
The presenter: Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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