Question:Is it permissible to watch films that show the process of sexual intercourse, the formation of the fetus, and human childbirth?

Answer:In the name of Allah, if there is a medical necessity, then it is permissible. Allah knows best.

Question:What is the ruling of watching scientific films related to the reproductive system, sex, and the process of fertilization, without lust?

Answer:In the name of Allah, if there is a medical necessity or a necessity for learning medicine, then it is permissible to the extent of necessity. Allah knows best.

Question:What is your stance on conducting some experiments or medical tests on some mentally ill individuals to obtain useful medical results?

Answer:In the name of Allah, it is not permissible unless the action involves treating the mentally ill person, without differentiating between the consent of the guardian and non-consent, and the same applies to children. Allah knows best.

Question:In dental implants, some dentists use soft tissues and bones from different animals, including cows and pigs, after being treated with high temperatures and various chemicals. We ask your eminence about the extent of legitimacy of this process, especially with regard to what was taken from the pig?

Answer:In the name of Allah, if the nature of the bone, tissue or part taken from the pig or others is changed through burning and medication, then the possibility has been achieved, so there is no objection to the use in the manner mentioned. In case the possibility does not happen, then if this is the only treatment, which is by such impure (najs) or unclean (the object that touched najs object) object or it becomes inside the human body also, there is no objection to that. Allah knows best.

Question:I am a medical student in the third stage and it is required from us to perform autopsy. Is it permissible for me to cut the bodies that belong to non-Muslims which is part of my study? What are the rulings of washing when their organs come into contact during anatomy, such as the stomach, kidneys, and others? What are the rulings of autopsy in general?

Answer:In the name of Allah, it is permissible, but you should wash the" the touch of the dead wash" (Ghusul Almait) if the touch occurs without any separating materials such as a glove, for example, and in the case that the deceased was not washed "Ghusul Almait". Allah knows best.

Question:I am from Bahrain and I intend to do a gastrectomy operation because my weight increases too much, i.e. about 40 kilos, so is the operation permissible? Of course, if it is permissible, I will do it outside Bahrain, but I cannot bring what would be cut of the stomach to Bahrain. Is it permissible to leave it in the hospital and the hospital would be disposing it?

Answer:In the name of Allah, if this is the only treatment then it would be permissible. Allah knows best.

Question:There is what is called deductive medicine, in which medical rulings are drawn from the narrations of the Ahlulbait (PBUH) and the deduction is performed on the true narrations that come with proof. Is this a complete thesis and can it be worked on? Is the person excused if he worked in such a medicine and did harm like when a diabetic leaves the insulin prescribed to him by a doctor? Is it correct to market the work considering it a follow-up and knowledge of Ahlulbait (PBUH)?

Answer:In the name of Allah, that knowledge of medical rulings, as well as knowledge of diseases, knowledge of treatment, and what is related to the correct diagnosis of disease is only for a person to have experience and skill with as we have indicated. If anyone is in accordance with the mastery of the aspects that we have mentioned, he/ she would be the same as the new doctors and the old doctors who were treating and still in some countries with drugs. Allah knows best

Question:Is it forbidden to use fruits to put them on body skin for treatment or is this a violation Allah's grace?

Answer:In the name of Allah, if the treatment is limited to it, there is no problem. Allah knows best.

Question:Some medicines are extracted from decomposed fish, but it is unknown whether they are legally fished (Tathkiya) or not knowing that their origin is from non-Muslim countries, so what is the ruling on selling them and eating them?

Answer:In the name of Allah, it is not permissible to use it without attaining the animal's Islamic fisshing (Tadhkiaya) from which the medication was taken according to the Islamic sharia. Yes, if the medicine is confined to this animal, it is allowed for its necessity. Allah knows best.

Question:Is smoking permissible or not?

Answer:In the name Allah, we have made it clear in our fatwas some time ago that if a clever doctor rules that smoking is harmful, the person who is habitual should refrain from smoking completely. Furthermore, we said that someone who is not accustomed to smoking is not allowed to get used to himself, and if habituation occurs and the doctor forbids him, he must abstain. If the doctors state that it is not harmful - for example - then the person may continue. As for making habituation, it is not permissible. Allah knows best.