The Ruling on a Male Doctor Examining a Woman for Educational Purposes
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The questioner asks: Is it permissible for male medical students to examine women for the sake of learning, especially since this leads to touching the woman’s exposed organs, particularly if this occurs during the month of Ramadan?
Answer: What appears to me is that it is not permissible, because it is a means to evil, except in cases of dire necessity when no female doctors are available and the woman is compelled to undergo examination. In such cases of dire necessity, there is no harm, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-An'am: 119]. So in cases of dire necessity, it is allowed; otherwise, it is obligatory to refer them to female doctors and not allow young men to examine them, because that causes fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and a great danger. We ask Allah for safety. Yes.
The presenter: O Allah, amen.
Answer: What appears to me is that it is not permissible, because it is a means to evil, except in cases of dire necessity when no female doctors are available and the woman is compelled to undergo examination. In such cases of dire necessity, there is no harm, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
while He has explained in detail to you what He has forbidden you, excepting that to which you are compelled
وَقَدْ فَصَّلَ لَكُمْ مَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِThe presenter: O Allah, amen.
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