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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Jurisprudence Made Easy Dialogue on miscellaneous issues-2 In this session, I aim to enquire about matters concerning the young, in particular. I am going to start it with what I consider as the predicament of some sections of students. * As a component of their curriculum, physiotherapy students train in massage. This may entail applying massaging techniques to the body of a woman patient.

If the students decline to carry out what they are required to do because of their course of study, they may fail the exam. Can they still enrol in such a course at the outset, and can those who are already doing it carry on with it? - It is permissible on the account of the students’ knowing that the field of specialist knowledge they have embarked on shall benefit some respected souls, albeit on a future date.

Let, therefore, their practice of massaging techniques be free from any sexual innuendoes. * As a part of their training, medical students are required to examine women not related to them. Such examination could include the private parts of the patients, be they women or men. Can they carry out these examinations during their years of study and after their graduation?

●Yes, it is permissible for medical students and physicians to carry out such examinations, provided that preservation of the respected human life is at stake, even if it be in the future. * Among the nurse’s job are duties such as taking the patient’s pulse and dressing of wounds. Both may require direct touch, 1. Can a man patient refuse a female nurse feeling his body? - He can ask for a male nurse to do the job, or ask the female nurse to wear gloves? 2.

In certain circumstances, the medical case calls for direct contact with the body and a male nurse is not available. For this, or any other valid reason, is it all right? - As suggested by the question, direct touch can be tolerated, provided it is restricted to the immediate part or area of the body that needs the attention. 3. An injury, that may need medical attention, could occur in the genitals. How should one go about it?

●The patient must ask the medical staff, attending his case, be they men or women, to wear gloves. If this was not feasible, direct touch could be tolerated within the remit of the immediate area of injury. * Suppose touch was substituted for looking. What is the ruling regarding the cases just discussed?

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