Medicine

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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?

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 1 month ago

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.

72936

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 6 months 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.

126953

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.

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Muslims . Medicine . Hindusim . Ayurveda

Can Muslims study the Ayurveda system of medicine that has its roots in Hinduism?

Muslim is allowed to study any system of medicine as far as it is a medical science with out any additional non medical opinions. Non Muslims' opinions are not part of the medicine but their way in understanding or dealing with it. We study the medical science and leave the non Muslim myths. Our Muslim history has evidence that we take medical knowledge and other worldly sciences from any expert being Muslim or non Muslim. No doubt, we have great treasure of medical knowledge in thousands of narrations and sayings of the Prophet (SAWA) and Ahlul Bayt (AS). That does not stop us from studying any other source of medical knowledge.

Wassalam.

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Ghusl . Students . Medicine . Salah (Prayers) . Mayyit

As a medical student and doctor, one has to touch cadavers and dead bodies and after touching a cold dead body Ghusl is obligatory. How are we supposed to offer prayers in case we cannot perform Ghusl in medical college or hospital?

When you touch a cold dead body directly with out gloves, Ghusl of that touching becomes obligatory on you. If you can not perform Ghusl, then Tayammum becomes obligatory on you.

Wassalam.

73575

Medicine . Iftar . Sawm (Fasting) . Sahur

If a fasting person has medicine prescribed that can't be taken before Suhur or after Iftar, how should they act?

If he needs to take necessary medicine during the day, then his fast will be invalid and he must keep it later as Qadha.

Wassalam.

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Gender . Medicine

How can a doctor or therapist who works with patients or clients of the opposite gender handle the issue of physical contact? They can avoid it unless absolutely necessary, but when it is necessary does that constitute a sin?

Islamic rules forbidding seeing or touching other gender (Non Mahram) are very clear but exceptions come if there is a real necessity to save life. Necessity must be assessed and the exception should meet no more than the necessity. Any act more than the real necessity is not permissible.

Wassalam.

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Medicine . Hijama

I want to study Shia Islamic medicine and Hijama but have not been able to find much information online. Can you suggest any places which provide certified courses for Islamic medicine and Hijama?

Rebecca Masterton, Dr Rebecca Masterton graduated with a BA in Japanese Language and Literature; an MA in Comparative East Asian and African Literature and a PhD in Islamic literature of West Africa. She has been... Answered 3 years ago

As far as I know in the UK the hijama training centres are run by Sunnis. I know a Shi'i person that studied and is certified as a practitioner through one of these clinics. There are hijama clinics in Iran, e.g. Tehran and Qom. The interest in natural medicine and tibb is rising in Iran. If you are based in the West there should be at least one hijama practitioner in a city near you. If you prefer something that is specifically established through the Shi'i tradition, this is a link to an article compiled by several practitioners. Their contact details are on the article: https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0254627217301644

Medicine . Hijama

I want to study Shia Islamic medicine and Hijama but have not been able to find much information online. Can you suggest any places which provide certified courses for Islamic medicine and Hijama?

There are many institutions of medical sciences according to Islamic traditions. You can find them in Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and India.

You may contact whom you know in any of these cities to get you details.

Wassalam.