DDHK.ORG - A man may give treatment to a woman, and a woman may also give treatment to a man as long as it is an emergency.
Imam Bukhari said in the chapter that it is permissible for women to treat men and men to treat women, that Rubayyi bint Mu'awwidz bin Afra' said, "We fought with the Messenger of Allah, we gave water to the soldiers, served them, and brought the slain troops. or get injured to Medina."
In the book Fath al-Bari, Al-Hafidz Ibn Hajar said, "It is permissible to treat people who are not mahrams in an emergency. However, it is permissible to carry out treatment according to the level of need for the patient, such as seeing, touching, and so on.
In the book of al-Adab ash-Syar'iyyah, Ibn Muflih said, "If a woman is sick and there is no doctor who can treat her other than a male doctor, then the male doctor may see her as needed, even to the point of even genitals. Likewise with female doctors who are treating male patients.
Ibn Hamdan said, "If there is no doctor except for a woman, then this female doctor is allowed to see her patient according to what she needs, including her genitals and anus."
Al-Qadhi said, "Male doctors may see the genitalia of female patients when it is necessary, and vice versa." [Taken from the book of Fiqh Sunnah, by Sayyid Sabiq] [DDHKNews]
