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Male doctor administering an injection to a female patient

· 2 Jumada I 1437 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Can a female patient can take injection of anthozia on her back from a male doctor, remove her half shirt and take it on the body?

Answer

Try to get a female doctor to administer the injection.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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