I am a dentist, so is it permissible for me to examine and treat women?
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The questioner : Okay, something else!
The Shaykh : Not yet!
The questioner : Is there another question?
The Shaykh : I haven't finished yet, wait, my brother, may Allah guide you, wait, yes?
The questioner : Right now, we work in a profession, I am a dentist, okay, and we deal with women, meaning, whether we like it or not, women come to us!!
The Shaykh : Excuse me, I swear I did not understand the beginning of the speech!
The questioner : I am a dentist.
The Shaykh : A dentist.
The questioner : My profession is dentistry.
The Shaykh : As for your saying: "So whether you want it or not," that is not in its proper place!
The questioner : In dealing with women as patients, a patient comes to me, okay, good, as you see, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : Now, is it permissible for us to examine women? And treat them?
The Shaykh : You know, if Allah wills, because the original ruling is that it is not permissible for a man to look at the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) of a mahram (a relative one may not marry), but you also know, in addition to that, the saying of the scholars derived from the Noble Qur'an: "Necessities permit the prohibited," but you also know, in addition to that knowledge, a third knowledge, which is: "Necessity is estimated according to its extent"; is that not so?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Meaning, this three-part premise is accepted in its details, since the matter is so, the question is now directed to you and to those like you among the doctors who are afflicted with treating women, whether physically, orally, or similar to that, is there a necessity for you? Say it plainly.
The questioner : I do not think so, a necessity, a necessity?! I do not think so.
The Shaykh : Now we have heard something new.
The questioner : Meaning, I do not think so, I do not think it exists.
The Shaykh : I am drawing attention now: I know there is a necessity, but a necessity, a necessity, I do not know! Hehehe.
The questioner : Confirmation, meaning!
The Shaykh : Be patient, may Allah guide you, so we understood from you, and may Allah reward you with good, a plain answer, there is no necessity, correct?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So we return to these three premises, so the answer: It is not permissible.
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : Not yet!
The questioner : Is there another question?
The Shaykh : I haven't finished yet, wait, my brother, may Allah guide you, wait, yes?
The questioner : Right now, we work in a profession, I am a dentist, okay, and we deal with women, meaning, whether we like it or not, women come to us!!
The Shaykh : Excuse me, I swear I did not understand the beginning of the speech!
The questioner : I am a dentist.
The Shaykh : A dentist.
The questioner : My profession is dentistry.
The Shaykh : As for your saying: "So whether you want it or not," that is not in its proper place!
The questioner : In dealing with women as patients, a patient comes to me, okay, good, as you see, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : Now, is it permissible for us to examine women? And treat them?
The Shaykh : You know, if Allah wills, because the original ruling is that it is not permissible for a man to look at the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) of a mahram (a relative one may not marry), but you also know, in addition to that, the saying of the scholars derived from the Noble Qur'an: "Necessities permit the prohibited," but you also know, in addition to that knowledge, a third knowledge, which is: "Necessity is estimated according to its extent"; is that not so?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Meaning, this three-part premise is accepted in its details, since the matter is so, the question is now directed to you and to those like you among the doctors who are afflicted with treating women, whether physically, orally, or similar to that, is there a necessity for you? Say it plainly.
The questioner : I do not think so, a necessity, a necessity?! I do not think so.
The Shaykh : Now we have heard something new.
The questioner : Meaning, I do not think so, I do not think it exists.
The Shaykh : I am drawing attention now: I know there is a necessity, but a necessity, a necessity, I do not know! Hehehe.
The questioner : Confirmation, meaning!
The Shaykh : Be patient, may Allah guide you, so we understood from you, and may Allah reward you with good, a plain answer, there is no necessity, correct?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So we return to these three premises, so the answer: It is not permissible.
The questioner: All right.
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