Medicine

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Is it permissible to take Homeopathy medicine for my lung issues (Asthma/COPD) 4-5 times a day without water while fasting?

Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 10 months ago

Taking any material inside your body while fasting will invalidate your fast whether you take it with or with out water. If your doctors allow you to take the medicine after Iftar till Fajr, then you do so but if must take it during the day, then fasting will not be obligatory on you and you must then redo fasting when you are able to fast.

Wassalam.

194402

Ramadan . Health . Medicine . Sawm (Fasting)

As Ramadan approaches, I would like to know if I can fast with chronic cholecystitis and gallstone disease, especially since my doctor has advised gallbladder removal surgery. If fasting is not permitted, what are my compensatory options?

Zaid Alsalami, Shaykh Dr Zaid Alsalami is an Iraqi born scholar, raised in Australia. He obtained a BA from Al-Mustafa University, Qom, and an MA from the Islamic College in London. He also obtained a PhD from... Answered 10 months ago

Bismihi ta'āla

You must follow what your specialist doctor advises. If they have said you are not allowed to fast, as it will make your situation more severe, and your health will deteriorate, then you must not fast.

If you know for a fact that you can fast, and you can manage your situation, like sleeping during most of the day, and taking your medication at night, and it wont harm you, then do so.

If you need to get the surgery done, then also pursue that as well.

If you are not going to fast, then the compensation is to pay 'fidyah', which is 750grams of food to the poor, for each day.

And Allah knows best

185443

Homeopathy . Medicine . Alcohol

Is it permissible to consume a homeopathic syrup that contains 11.9% alcohol in addition to other ingredients?

No. It is not permissible to consume alcohol even for medical reason. Allah never Puts cure in alcohol or any forbidden material.

Wassalam.

175501

Gelatin . Medicine

Some medicines are only available as capsules. The outer shell has gelatin but the medicine powder inside does not. Both are dry during manufacture. Is it ok to open such capsules and use the medicine without the shell?

Yes it is permissible as far as you don't know that the medicine is Najis.

Wassalam.

149189

Parents . Science . Medicine

If my parents want me to become a doctor, but I am passionate about computer science and their lack of support is causing me distress, should I still follow their wishes despite not wanting to pursue medicine?

Bismihi ta'ala

In lot of cases, parents have certain standards and expectations for their children, in which at times are different to the child, and I strongly believe parents should support their son/daughter in the field they are passionate in and interested in pursuing, and should encourage, as long as it is halal, honourable and ambitious.

If it is causing you distress, and you do not think you can pursue it, then be frank with them, and try to convince them of your area of interest. In shaa Allah they will understand you and support you.

The important thing is you always try to make yourself and your family proud, in being a high achiever.

With prayers for your success

146682

Medicine . Sawm (Fasting)

Does using rectal Hydrocortisone suppositories or ointment for hemorrhoids, as prescribed by a doctor, invalidate the fast?

Bismihi ta'ala

No, such creams will not affect the fasting.

And Allah knows best.

138028

Parents . Medicine . Employment . Marriage

I am a 16 year old girl and I would love to work someday as a doctor. Is it wrong of me to wish for such a life, while my parents do support me in looking to study medicine but they seem like they would want me to get married right afterwards?

Nothing wrong in wishing to work as a doctor especially when thousands of our females need female doctors to treat them. Even if you get married after medical graduation, you can work as a doctor and there is no contradiction between marriage and working as far as you organise it with your husband.

Wassalam.

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Woman . Sawm (Fasting) . Pregnancy . Medicine

Is fasting allowed, for a pregnant woman, when she is in her final stage and the doctor has forbidden her from it?

If fasting harms her health or the health of her embryo, she is then not allowed to fast.

Wassalam.

128392

Scholars . Medicine . Sin . God (Allah)

Is being scholar more virtuous than a doctor? Am I sinful for choosing to be a doctor even though Allah provoked this thought of being scholar in me that I ignored?

Amina Inloes, Amina Inloes is originally from the US and has a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter on Shi'a hadith. She is the program leader for the MA Islamic Studies program at the... Answered 3 years ago

It is good to be a scholar, and it is good to be a doctor. Society needs people do to all the different jobs, or else it wouldn't function. Ideally, it is good for you to do the job that you are most talented at and most committed to.

It is narrated that the Prophet (S) said: ‘Knowledge is of two categories:
knowledge of religions and knowledge of the physical body.’ So this narration celebrates and values both kinds of knowledge (religious and medical).

(Of course there are other important jobs and fields of study as well!)

As you know, there are many narrations from the Prophet (S) and Ahl al-Bayt (A) about various medical ailments, so it was clearly a subject that was important to them. So inshallah you are also following in their footsteps by being a doctor.

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Medicine

Do we get rewarded for working as a doctor in a non-muslim country?

Serving and helping human beings anywhere they live is a great deed of reward in Islam. Even helping animals in need is an act of great reward in Islam. Working as a doctor who helps men, women and children from any faith for the sake of Allah, is a great deed of reward. The Prophetic Hadeeth says: Best of people is he who is more beneficial to people.

Wassalam.

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Husband . Medicine . Salah (Prayers) . God (Allah)

I think I have some sort of condition but I can’t go to the doctor. I would like to tell my husband but I feel like it is impossible. I prayed to Allah to make it go away but nothing is getting better. What should I do?

Sorry to hear about your condition. If you need medical care, you should get medical care.

If you feel unable to tell your husband and need financial or practical assistance, maybe a friend, relative, or charitable organization can help you.

With duas for your well-being.

126960

Woman . Medicine . Dentist

Should a Muslim woman find a female dentist, just as she might wish to have a female doctor? Or is that Islamic concern irrelevant to dentistry?

The Islamic rule is same for any medical treatment including dentistry which says that female is not allowed to be touched by a male doctor except in emergency when no female doctor is available. Muslim female should go to female doctors only even in dentistry.

Wassalam.