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BAYAN LINNAS SIRI KE-226 : HUKUM ENGGAN MENDAPATKAN RAWATAN ATAU MENJALANI PEMBEDAHAN
What is the ruling on refusing medical treatment or surgery, for example an elderly mother with kidney disease who is afraid of doctors?
Short answer
Scholars differ on the ruling of seeking treatment: recommended in the Shafii school, permissible, obligatory, or permissible with abstaining being better.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Bayan Linnas
- Topic
- Medicine & Health
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Scholars differ on the ruling of seeking treatment: recommended in the Shafii school, permissible, obligatory, or permissible with abstaining being better. According to the Islamic Fiqh Academy resolution, treatment becomes obligatory if leaving it may lead to death, loss of a limb, bodily weakness, or a contagious disease. Al-Fiqh al-Muyassar holds it obligatory when a person is certain that abandoning treatment leads to destruction and that treatment brings recovery, including amputation to save life. Where treatment is certain to help but no risk arises from leaving it, seeking treatment is preferable.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Hukum mendapatkan rawatan adalah wajib sekiranya apabila meninggalkannya (rawatan) boleh membawa kepada kematian atau kehilangan anggota tubuh atau lemahnya tubuh badan, atau sekiranya ditimpa penyakit yang boleh berpindah kepada orang lain seperti penyakit berjangkit.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “BAYAN LINNAS SIRI KE-226 : HUKUM ENGGAN MENDAPATKAN RAWATAN ATAU MENJALANI PEMBEDAHAN”, 18 March 2020. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/bayan-linnas/4339-bayan-linnas-siri-ke-226-hukum-enggan-mendapatkan-rawatan-atau-menjalani-pembedahan. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/ruling-on-refusing-treatment-or-surgery/