Please can you tell me that are men in islam allowed to become nurses and were their any male nurses in our prophet’s time. please can you also give me some hadithes related to this.
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life in all settings.
Nursing entails taking care of patients in a wide variety of settings. It involves ensuring their comfort, assisting them in administering medication, and helping them in routine activities. These are all praiseworthy in Islam and were a common feature amongst the Sahaba. It is thus permissible for men to become nurses.[1]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Ismail Dawoodjee
Student Darul Iftaa
Zambia
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
[1] فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم اني لارجو ان يشفيك الله … ثم قال لحارث بن كلدة عالج سعد مما به (اسد الغابة ج1 ص391 دار المعرفة)
عن أنس رضي الله عنه: أنه سئل عن أجر الحجام، فقال: احتجم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، حجمه أبو طيبة، وأعطاه صاعين من طعام، وكلم مواليه فخففوا عنه، وقال: «إن أمثل ما تداويتم به الحجامة، والقسط البحري» وقال: «لا تعذبوا صبيانكم بالغمز من العذرة، وعليكم بالقسط») بخاري -5696 دار البشائر)
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