Doctor treating opposite gender without necessity

22-8-2017 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalaamu alaykum. If a male or female doctor examines and treats patients of the opposite gender without necessity, is their income halal?

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.

It seems to us – and Allah knows best – that the income of a male or female doctor who sometimes treats non-Mahram (marriageable) patients of the opposite gender without necessity is halaal (lawful); however, it is incumbent on the male doctor not to treat females and on the female doctor not to treat males without necessity. Please refer to fatwa 317464.

Allah knows best.