Imam Khamenei - Medical Issues - Index

This is the index for Medical Issues Rules section of Practical Laws of Islam according to the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Contraception

1. Medical Issues: Is Contraception or Sterilisation Permissible for Women in Islam?

2. Medical Issues: Is Male Vasectomy Permissible for Birth Control in Islam?

3. Medical Issues: Can a Healthy Woman Use Contraceptives — and Can Her Husband Force Her To?

4. Medical Issues: Can a Woman Opt for C-Section to Undergo Sterilisation Simultaneously?

5. Medical Issues: Can a Woman Use Contraceptives Without Her Husband’s Permission?

6. Medical Issues: Is a Husband Blameworthy for Getting a Vasectomy Without His Wife’s Consent?

Abortion

1. Medical Issues: Is Abortion Permissible Due to Financial Hardship?

2. Medical Issues: Is Abortion Permissible for Risk to the Mother or Fetal Deformity Before Ensoulment?

3. Medical Issues: Is Abortion Permissible for Fetal Deformities Identified During Pregnancy?

4. Medical Issues: At Which Stage Before Ensoulment Is Abortion Forbidden in Islam?

5. Medical Issues: Can Abortion Be Permitted for Genetic Disorders Like Haemophilia Detected Early in Pregnancy?

6. Medical Issues: What Is the Islamic Ruling on Abortion — and Does It Change If the Mother’s Life Is at Risk?

7. Medical Issues: Who Pays the Blood Money for a 7-Month Aborted Fetus Conceived Illegitimately?

8. Medical Issues: What Is the Blood Money for Aborting a 2.5-Month Fetus — and Who Pays It?

9. Medical Issues: Can a Pregnant Woman Abort Due to Medical Procedures Risking Fetal Deformity?

10. Medical Issues: Can a Dying Fetus Be Aborted to Save the Mother — Despite Taqlīd Differences?

11. Medical Issues: Can a Fertilised Egg Be Aborted If Conceived Through Adultery or Mistake?

Artificial Insemination and In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF)

1. Medical Issues: Is IVF Permissible Between Spouses — and Can a Non-Maḥram Doctor Perform It?

2. Medical Issues: Is Using a Donor Egg for IVF Permissible in Islam?

3. Medical Issues: Can a Deceased Husband’s Sperm Be Used for IVF — and Does the Child Inherit?

4. Medical Issues: Can a Woman Use Donor Sperm for Pregnancy If Her Husband Is Infertile?

5. Medical Issues: Is Surrogacy Between Co-Wives Permissible — and Who Is the Mother in Islamic Law?

6. Medical Issues: Is It Permissible to Use a Deceased Husband’s Sperm for Insemination in Various Marital Scenarios?

7. Medical Issues: Is It Permissible to Preserve Fertilised Eggs for Future Implantation?

Gender Change

1. Medical Issues: Is Gender Reassignment Surgery Permissible in Islam?

2. Medical Issues: Is Gender-Defining Surgery Permissible for Hermaphrodites in Islam?

Autopsy, Anatomical Dissection and Transplantation

1. Medical Issues: Is It Permissible to Use Muslim Corpses for Medical Research and Bury Extracted Organs Separately?

2. Medical Issues: Is Postmortem Examination Permissible to Determine Cause of Death?

3. Medical Issues: Is Dissecting Aborted Foetuses for Medical Education and Research Permissible?

4. Medical Issues: Can Implanted Platinum Be Removed from a Deceased Muslim’s Body?

5. Medical Issues: Can Muslim or Non-Muslim Graves Be Exhumed for Medical Training?

6. Medical Issues: Is Hair Implantation Permissible for Burn Victims Facing Psychological Distress?

7. Medical Issues: Can Organs Be Removed Before Death for Transplant in Terminal Patients?

8. Medical Issues: Is It Permissible to Transplant Blood Vessels from a Deceased Person?

9. Medical Issues: Is Blood Money Due for Corneal Transplant Without Guardian’s Permission — and How Much?

10. Medical Issues: Can a Man Use Hormones or Testicle Transplants to Restore Fertility After Injury?

11. Medical Issues: Is Donating or Selling a Kidney Permissible — and What About in Emergencies?

12. Medical Issues: Can Organs Be Taken from Brain-Dead Patients for Transplantation?

13. Medical Issues: Can You Will Organ Donation After Death and Must Heirs Be Informed?

14. Medical Issues: Is Undergoing Plastic Surgery Permissible in Islam?

15. Medical Issues: What Does “Necessity” Mean in Permitting Male Doctors to Examine Women?

16. Medical Issues: Can a Female Doctor Examine Another Woman’s Private Parts for Medical Reasons?

17. Medical Issues: Can a Male Doctor Examine a Woman’s Body in Medical Situations?

18. Medical Issues: Is It Permissible for a Female Doctor to Examine Genitals Directly If Indirect Means Exist?

19. Medical Issues: Can Opposite-Sex Nurses Take Pulse Without Gloves If Contact Is Necessary?

20. Medical Issues: Can a Male Doctor Perform Plastic Surgery on a Woman Involving Touch and Sight?

21. Medical Issues: Is It Always Ḥarām to Look at a Woman’s Genitals — Even for Medical Treatment?

22. Medical Issues: Can Women Consult a Male Gynaecologist If He Is More Skilled or Accessible?

23. Medical Issues: Is Masturbation for Medical Sperm Testing Permissible in Islam?

Circumcision

1. Medical Issues: Is Circumcision Obligatory in Islam?

2. Medical Issues: Is Circumcision Obligatory If No Foreskin Remains?

3. Medical Issues: Is Female Circumcision Obligatory in Islam?

Study of Medicine

1. Medical Issues: Can Medical Students Examine Non-Maḥrams for Essential Training Purposes?

2. Medical Issues: Who Determines Necessity When Medical Students Examine Non-Maḥram Patients?

3. Medical Issues: Can Students Examine Non-Maḥram Patients When Future Use of Experience Is Uncertain?

4. Medical Issues: Can Male Students Train in Obstetrics — and Does Examining Genitals Differ from Other Areas?

5. Medical Issues: How Should Medical Students Uphold Sharʿī Standards When Examining Genitals?

6. Medical Issues: Can One Look at Semi-Naked Non-Muslim Images in Medical Textbooks?

7. Medical Issues: Can Medical Students View Genital Images and Films for Educational Purposes?

8. Medical Issues: What Are the Islamic Guidelines for Women in Labor and Female Medical Staff?

9. Medical Issues: Is It Permissible to Handle and Study Anatomical Models of Reproductive Organs?

10. Medical Issues: Is Researching Music, Touch, Dance, and Shock Therapies for Pain Relief Permissible?

11. Medical Issues: Can Female Nursing Students Examine Women’s Genitals for Study Purposes?