What is the ruling on treating oneself with what is forbidden out of need?
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Question:
What is the ruling on treating oneself with what is forbidden when need calls for it?
Answer:
Sunan Abi Dawud 3874Da'if (Al-Albani), and Allah says: [Al-An'am: 119].
Q: The issue of treating oneself with forbidden things?
The Shaykh: If one is in dire necessity for it.
Q: And is wine excluded from this?
The Shaykh: Even wine. If one chokes on something and has nothing else, he may swallow what removes the danger of death.
Q: But what if it is a treatment?
The Shaykh: No, it is not used as a treatment. But the sudden dire necessity that is not a treatment, but rather for escape from death, such as blood transfusion for one who needs it.
What is the ruling on treating oneself with what is forbidden when need calls for it?
Answer:
so treat yourselves medically, but use nothing unlawful
عباد الله: تداووا ولا تداووا بحرامwhile 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 إِلَيْهِQ: The issue of treating oneself with forbidden things?
The Shaykh: If one is in dire necessity for it.
Q: And is wine excluded from this?
The Shaykh: Even wine. If one chokes on something and has nothing else, he may swallow what removes the danger of death.
Q: But what if it is a treatment?
The Shaykh: No, it is not used as a treatment. But the sudden dire necessity that is not a treatment, but rather for escape from death, such as blood transfusion for one who needs it.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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