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Medical fatwa — health & treatment
Questions about medicine and health: treatment and medication, organ and blood donation, surgery, vaccines, contraception, IVF and abortion, and hospital matters.
1,099 fatawa from 9 South African Darul Iftas (topics are assigned from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and titles, so the count is approximate). Every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
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- Are vaccines and medicines with haraam ingredients permissible?
- What does Islam say about depression and seeking therapy?
- Is smoking haraam?
- When is abortion permissible?
- Is contraception or family planning permissible?
- Is IVF or fertility treatment permissible?
- Are CBD oil and cannabis permissible?
- Is cremation or organ donation permissible?
- Is circumcision compulsory, and at what age?
- Is cosmetic surgery permissible?
Medical & Health fatawa from each Darul Ifta
- Mufti Online13 Jul 2026
Undergoing surgery due to an eye ailment
If one has ptosis (an eye condition one is born with one small eye and one big eye due to excess skin on the eyelid) and this condition affects…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - AskImam3 Sep 2025
Can I make Wudhu over wart medication?
Asalamalaikum, I have a wart on my hand. I bought an over the counter wart remover that freezes the wart which eventually causes it to fall off. My…
Hasan Ahmed Razzak - Ibn Masood15 Sep 2026
Haidh And Contraception
The contraceptive pill is effectively a hormone pill administered for 3 weeks, and a sugar pill during the fourth week of the month. It is at this…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Jamiat KZN30 Sep 2024
Is it permissible to euthanize healthy animals?
A family member had to sell her house due to financial constraints and move in with her father, giving up her two dogs, which she chose to have…
Mufti Muhammed Hamza Farooqui - Azaadville11 Oct 2025
Using Pork For Biology Practicals, Medical Studies And Experiments
Can pork be used for biology practicals, medical studies and experiments?
- Camperdown7 Sep 2026
Can the Welfare of Existing Children and the Mother’s Capacity to Care Constitute a Valid Excuse for Abortion Before 120 Days?
Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. We follow the Hanafi madhhab and urgently need a case-specific ruling regarding abortion. Conception…
Baba Abu Bakr - MUBZ13 Aug 2024
When is Plastic Surgery Permissible?
Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh would like to know what is the fiqhi matter regarding permissibility and the non- permissibility of…
- DU Zakariyya22 Dec 2004
Can an abortion take place if a woman has been raped?
Can an abortion take place if a woman has been raped?
Mufti Razaul Haq - MJC25 Aug 2023
Ruling on Medical Aid
1. Medical aid is an insurance product. 2. Insurance, however, operates in two modes: 2.1 Commercial insurance: 2.2 Co-operative insurance: 3. There…
Mufti Taha Karaan - Mufti Online10 May 2026
Blood transfusions and organ transplants
I would like to seek clarification regarding the permissibility of blood transfusions, organ transplants, and related medical procedures in Islam.…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - AskImam2 Sep 2025
Can a kuntha change its gender to which it wants through surgery?
Can a kuntha change its gender to which it wants through surgery?
Shakib Alam - Ibn Masood31 Aug 2026
Medication And Tawakkul
My son suffers from a bad throat and hayfever. However, he refuses to take any medication including Tibb or homeopathic remedies, because he…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Jamiat KZN1 Oct 2018
“Rejecting gifts from God”: The worries of a Medical Student
Asalamu alaikum. I am a 6th year medical student in university. I read a couple of books and saw some lectures on YouTube and I finally understood…
- Azaadville6 Oct 2025
An Instruction To Donate Your Organs After Death
Can I make a Wasiyyat to donate my body parts when I pass away?
- Camperdown1 Jul 2026
Ethanol in medication
what’s the fatwa of ethanol in medication?
Baba Abu Bakr - MUBZ16 Jun 2024
Plastic Surgery
Assalamualaykum ww Duas moulana is well “What is the fiqhi reason for plastic surgery not being allowed and what acceptions does Islam give?”…
- DU Zakariyya
Can one resort to contraceptives if there is a serious genetic disorder or disease in ones family?
Can one resort to contraceptives if there is a serious genetic disorder or disease in ones family?
- Mufti Online5 May 2026
Suing for medical negligence
Alhamdulillah, approximately 5 years ago Allah Ta'ala had blessed us with a baby girl. She was born prematurely and was jaundiced together with her…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - AskImam1 Feb 2025
Testing on animals for medical research; Using products that have been tested on animals
1) Is testing on animals for medical research to help cure illnesses considered haraam in Islam? 2) Is it haraam to use products (such as cosmetics)…
Muajul I. Chowdhury - Ibn Masood25 Aug 2026
Abortion
According to the Hanafi Madhab, do the following circumstances cumulatively constitute a valid Shar’i ʿUdhr permitting abortion at approximately 50…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Jamiat KZN30 Jan 2018
Use of Botox for Beauty & Medicinal Purposes.
I am a general practitioner in UK . My question is it permissible to practice give Botox injections, facial peels, dermabrasions. Mostly done for…
Faisal bin Abdul Hameed - Azaadville12 Aug 2024
Refusing Medical Treatment
A lady wants to know that doctors have told her that all her internal organs are swelling and she is a walking time bomb who can go into cardiac…
- Camperdown7 Aug 2024
Attributing Modern Mental Health Issues to the Sahabah radiyallahu ‘anhum”
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuhu Of recent, there is a new trend of attributing modern mental issues to the blessed Ṣaḥābah radiyallahu…
- MUBZ16 Jun 2024
Laser Eye Surgery
Assalamualaikum Mufti. Is it permissible for me to go for laser eye surgery?
- DU Zakariyya
Is it permissible for a Muslim doctor to sterilize a patient temporarily and permanently?
Is it permissible for a Muslim doctor to sterilize a patient temporarily and permanently?
- Mufti Online17 Dec 2025
Using contraceptive patches
Are contraceptive patches allowed in Islam?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - AskImam17 Nov 2023
In vitro fertilization (IVF) - Is this permissible?
Salam, I want to do ivf ( test tube baby). I have 2 kids before but after that I could not get pregnant. I tried for many years and then I did IVF…
Muajul I. Chowdhury - Ibn Masood15 Jun 2026
Breaking A Fast For A Medical Procedure
A woman with abdominal pain required a sonar. Her appointment was in Ramadhaan and as a result, she had to break her fast as she needed a full…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Jamiat KZN9 Mar 2015
Is donating and receiving blood permissible?
Is it allowed to donate blood, or receive it?
Zakir Husain - Azaadville15 May 2024
The Usage Of Marijuana For Medicinal Purposes
My question regards a very topical issue in the world today, the use of medicinal marijuana. As we know, the use of medicinal marijuana has…
- Camperdown11 Oct 2023
Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy Surgery
Assalamualaikum respected ulama Is Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) surgery permissible?
Arib Raza - MUBZ10 Feb 2024
Abortion
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته What is the Islamic ruling on abortion? Please add reference, JazakAllahu Khair
- Mufti Online20 Nov 2025
Consuming Colloidal Silver as medication
Is it permissible to consume Colloidal Silver as medication?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - AskImam14 May 2022
Please tell me about cosmetic surgery in Islam?
Please tell me about cosmetic surgery in Islam?
Muhammad Ashhad bin Said - Ibn Masood22 Apr 2026
Recipient Of Organ Donor
Are we as Muslims allowed to receive organs from those who donate theirs, for example, kidney, liver, etc.?
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Jamiat KZN11 Oct 2010
Is it permissible to donate blood?
Please advise if a Muslim may donate blood?
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Azaadville20 Nov 2023
Vaccines
Are vaccines permissible?
- Camperdown15 Sep 2023
Delaying marriage due to financial reasons and freezing eggs with doctors’ advice
A cancer-surviving female patient in her early twenties has been advised by doctors to freeze her eggs as she is in the menopausal stage and will…
Abdullah ibn Masud Desai - MUBZ17 Jan 2024
Abortion Due to Suspected Illness
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Hope Mufti is well. Apologies to bother Mufti, however a question has come to by a sister: She has 2 children, and…
- Mufti Online9 Jul 2025
Using medical insurance that is part of one's employment contract
Can I use medical insurance provided to me by the company that I'm working as an employee for my purpose ?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - AskImam22 Jan 2021
Shaving chest hair to apply medicinal cream easily
Salam hope you are well, I have rashes all over my body. When I apply medicinal cream, a lot of cream is needed because of my chest hair. Will it be…
Hasan Ahmed Razzak - Ibn Masood22 Apr 2026
Purifying Blood With Water
Is merely wiping away blood from the skin sufficient for purification, or should water be used?
Mufti Ahmed Saeed - Jamiat KZN24 Aug 2010
Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery in Islam
Is plastic surgery haram?
Suhail Tarmahomed - Azaadville29 Jul 2023
A Woman Visiting A Male Doctor
If in a place there are only non Muslim male gynecologists….And only one Muslim male gynecologist…Can I take my wife to the Muslim gynecologist?
- Camperdown20 Oct 2022
Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy Surgery
Is Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) surgery permissible.
Arib Raza - Mufti Online19 May 2025
Woman going to a lady for a shoulder massage for medical reasons
Is it permissible for a woman to go to a lady for a shoulder massage, not removing any clothes or exposing any awrah. Reason for shoulder massage is…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - AskImam5 Dec 2020
Can a khunsa change its gender to which it wants through surgery?
Can a khunsa change its gender to which it wants through surgery?
Shakib Alam - Ibn Masood6 Sep 2025
Health Organizations Funded By National Lottery
Can patients use charity-based health organizations, which are funded through the national lottery, to whom the NHS has referred them? There is no…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Jamiat KZN9 Jun 2010
Contraception in Islam
Kindly advise me on the ruling of contraception in Islam:
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Azaadville18 Nov 2022
Blood Doping
Is blood doping permissible?
- Camperdown23 Jun 2022
Permissibility of Organ Donation (Lung)
Assalaam Mufti Is lung donation permissible because one of my frends mother needs a lung urgently? please advise shukran
Sibghatallah ibn Numan Ahmed - Mufti Online10 Sep 2024
Taking out mandatory travel or health insurance
My husband and I were planning on taking a trip to Istanbul, Turkey. We considered it as it is a Muslim dominant location and we wouldn’t have to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - AskImam26 Sep 2020
IVF to avoid Genetic disorders - Is this permissible?
Assalamualaikum, i’ve a son who is physically disabled and is bed confined due to some genetic condition and doctors said there is a 25% chance the…
Bilal Yusuf Pandor - Ibn Masood28 Aug 2024
Non-Members Benefitting From Medical Aid
Would it be permissible to use the benefits of someone else’s medical aid scheme to get a discount when booking flights?
Mufti Mohammed Desai Saheb - Jamiat KZN13 Jan 2010
Consuming medication that contains alcohol
I have a medication which is used for pains and flu etc., it is used to inhale for blocked nose etc., it has alcohol in it. Can we use it or not?
Mufti MD Mangera Mufti E. Salejee - Azaadville11 Aug 2022
Extracting Body Parts For Medical Studies
A Muslim person works in medical research. To further research in eye treatment, he is required to extract eyes from corpses and conduct experiments…
- Camperdown7 Sep 2021
Trimming hair to keep it healthy.
Is it permissible for women to trim hair every 2-3 months to keep it healthy and not for fashionable reasons?
Khalil Tatarstani - Mufti Online4 Jun 2024
Plastic surgery
What is the shariah ruling on the permissiblility and impermissiblility regarding plastic surgery?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - AskImam2 Sep 2020
Otoplasty surgery - Can i undergo this procedure?
Asalamu Alaykum Im 15 years old and Alhamdulilah, I am in very good health. But I was born with a slight head curvature that makes my head look sort…
Mahmood Suliman - Ibn Masood17 Jul 2024
Taking Sublingual Medication While Fasting
Does sublingual medication break the fast?
Maulana Abdul Kader Fazlani
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