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

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

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

English:

Question #1308:

As a doctor, my research within the Western scientific circles aims at relieving pain by way of music, touching, dancing, medication, and electric shocks. Medical opinion points to the fact that the research in these types of therapy has proved fruitful. Is it permissible to embark on the same road?

Answer #1308:

There is no shar‘ī impediment to investigating this affair to see how effective it is in treating illnesses provided that it does not entail getting entangled in practices which are ḥarām.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Medical Issues