Medical & Health

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Exposing awrah in front of mahram due to health & medical needs.
Assalamualaikum, I'm a 17 years old male Muslim. I'm having some problems with my mother. Even at this age, she often baths me. She says, I can't clean myself properly, so once in 2 or 3 weeks she bathes me. Is it permissible for her to bath me? And also she wants to check up…
February 16, 2022
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Female Circumcision
Asalamu alaykum wrb Is the following equivalent to female circumcision?: Clitoral hood reduction, also termed clitoral hoodectomy,clitoral unhooding, clitoridotomy,or (partial) hoodectomy, is a plastic surgery procedure for reducing the size and the area of the clitoral hood (prepuce) in order to further expose the clitoral glans of the clitoris. Jazakallah Khayrun
January 25, 2022
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Is surgery to fix asymmetry permissible?
Hi. My left eye is smaller than my right. I'm afraid my husband to be will notice it and stop being attracted to me. Performing surgery may allow my left eye to look more open and wide like my right eye, I just don't know if that is permissble since it's not for a health…
January 12, 2022
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DELAYING MENSTURATION BY INJECTION
Salam Alaykum, Is it permissible for a Woman to have an injection for the purpose of delaying mensturation to enable her go through ibadah like Hajj or Umrah?
December 7, 2021
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Ultrasound
Assalamu Alaikum ua rahmatullahi ua barakatuh, mufti saheeb! Is it possible to do an ultrasound for a pregnant Muslim woman with only one purpose - to find out the sex of the child? And after they found out, for example, that the child is a boy, is it allowed to buy clothes and toys for…
October 17, 2021
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Is Genetic Couselling allowed in Islam
Assalaamu’alaikum, I want to study to become a genetic counsellor (to only work with female patients) and I want to know if it’s allowed in Islam. Also for Muslim patients to seek genetic counselling if it’s allowed. Please google search as I understand it’s uncommon. Quick definition of genetic counselling is: “someone who helps individuals,…
October 7, 2021
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Ethanol in medicine
Assalamu Alaykum I have been prescribed an oral solution medication which contains less than 100mg per 20ml of Ethanol (alcohol). 20ml solution contains 200mg of the actual medication, 5662mg sorbitol in 20ml, 2072mg propylene glycol in 20ml. This is an alternative to a capsule of the medication which contained gelatine from pork which I had…
October 6, 2021
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Halal money from selling your own organ
Salam. I have irreversible permanent problems with finances for many reasons and consequences. Is it permissible in Islam to donate orgones for rewards? * - not according to the hack, but according to humanity. ** - and not the traditional list, but the leberal, filosov.
September 1, 2021
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