What is the decree on using drugs that prevent hair loss?
Dear Brother / Sister,
It is fard for a person to protect his life and to keep away from the things that could harm his life. When a person becomes ill, he has the right and even duty to undergo treatment. For, the body is something entrusted to man. The body needs to be healthy in order to worship and fulfill some Islamic commands and avoid prohibitions. If a believer becomes ill though he takes care, he has to be treated. For, the Prophet (pbuh) said,
"O slaves of Allah! Be treated." (see Tirmidhi, Tibb, 2; Abu Dawud, Tibb, 1, II; Ibn Majah, Tibb, 1; Ahmad b. Hanbal, III, 156, IV, 278)
Treatment includes all methods of treatment like use of medicines, cleaning the wound with surgery, blood transfusion when necessary, amputation of a limb, or removal of a limb that has to be separated from the body.
During such an operation, the doctor can look at the private parts of the patient as much as it is necessary. However, it is essential for women to be treated and operated by female doctors and nurses as much as possible. For, there are various warnings of the Prophet (pbuh) regarding the issue.
It is permissible to use drugs in order to prevent hair loss.
Questions on Islam
- What are the decrees of our religion about treatment? Are there any places where it is permissible to be treated with haram things?
- Do zarurahs (necessities) render harams halal? Is it possible in Islam to abandon fards for harams or to commit a haram deed for something fard? If yes, when?
- Will you give information about zarurah (necessity)?
- Is it religiously permissible for a female doctor to treat a male patient?
- Is cupping/getting one’s blood drawn sunnah? If it is sunnah, is there a certain time to do it? Does cupping invalidate fasting and wudu?
- Do braces, dental fillings, plated teeth and dental prosthesis prevent ghusl?
- Do braces, dental fillings, plated teeth and dental prosthesis prevent ghusl?
- How were diseases cured during the era of the Prophet and the companions? Will you give information about preventive medicine?
- What are the verses of shifa (cure/healing) in the Quran? What are the decrees about them? On what diseases are they more effective?
- Will you give information about Tibbb an-Nabawi (prophetic medicine) and the advice of the Prophet (pbuh) about health and medicine?
