The physician's obligation in treating a non-Muslim and calling him to Islam
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: When a physician is in his place of work, which requires him to treat both Muslims and non-Muslims, such as Christians or others, for example in a state of war, with the fear of what might happen later from this Christian, what is the position of the treating physician before Allah the Exalted in treating this one whom Allah and His Messenger hate, and who hates Allah and His Messenger?
Answer:
It is obligatory for the physician to treat him as he treats others; because this person has become in a state of safe conduct, and is not in a state of war, if he is following us or has entered our territory under safe conduct as an employee, a physician, or with the mujahideen or with the militias that are fighting now. So if something happens to him, you must treat him as you treat a Muslim patient, and you must fear Allah in fulfilling the trust.
And the fact that Allah hates him, that is up to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), but you now have him in your care under safe conduct, so you must treat him if he is under a trust, or under a treaty, or has come with a message of safe conduct, or has come as a physician, or for other reasons. If he is struck by an illness, treat him with trust and do not harm him in any way.
Q: Do you not see, O Shaykh, that in such a situation there is an opportunity for Islamic da'wah?
The Shaykh: To add to that, da'wah is good. So his calling him to Allah and encouraging him in Islam is good, along with the treatment. He should not betray the trust and treat him with something that harms him; rather, he must advise him, and this is part of the da'wah to Islam. So his advising him is part of the da'wah to Islam, and the Christian or others should realize that Islam advises and fulfills the obligation for the one who is entrusted with him, or who is in his trust, or under his covenant, or under his protection as a dhimmi.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: When a physician is in his place of work, which requires him to treat both Muslims and non-Muslims, such as Christians or others, for example in a state of war, with the fear of what might happen later from this Christian, what is the position of the treating physician before Allah the Exalted in treating this one whom Allah and His Messenger hate, and who hates Allah and His Messenger?
Answer:
It is obligatory for the physician to treat him as he treats others; because this person has become in a state of safe conduct, and is not in a state of war, if he is following us or has entered our territory under safe conduct as an employee, a physician, or with the mujahideen or with the militias that are fighting now. So if something happens to him, you must treat him as you treat a Muslim patient, and you must fear Allah in fulfilling the trust.
And the fact that Allah hates him, that is up to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), but you now have him in your care under safe conduct, so you must treat him if he is under a trust, or under a treaty, or has come with a message of safe conduct, or has come as a physician, or for other reasons. If he is struck by an illness, treat him with trust and do not harm him in any way.
Q: Do you not see, O Shaykh, that in such a situation there is an opportunity for Islamic da'wah?
The Shaykh: To add to that, da'wah is good. So his calling him to Allah and encouraging him in Islam is good, along with the treatment. He should not betray the trust and treat him with something that harms him; rather, he must advise him, and this is part of the da'wah to Islam. So his advising him is part of the da'wah to Islam, and the Christian or others should realize that Islam advises and fulfills the obligation for the one who is entrusted with him, or who is in his trust, or under his covenant, or under his protection as a dhimmi.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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