Fariq Naik – Best Way to Know the Meaning of the Quraan

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The importance of learning Arabic as a language is discussed, with a focus on reading the sequential text of the glorious Qwork and daily reading it. Precautions are taken to improve understanding, including treating both male and female patients and providing female doctors. The holy Bible is considered a reference for treatment, and the need for a female doctor is emphasized. The importance of learning Arabic for better understanding the glorious Qwork is emphasized, along with the need for proper treatment and providing female doctors.

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			Assalamualaikum, I'm MD Nafim.
		
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			I'm from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
		
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			I'm a student at National Ideal College, Kirgaon,
		
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			Dhaka.
		
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			What is the best way to know the
		
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			meaning of the Holy Qur'an?
		
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			In order to have best understanding of the
		
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			glorious Qur'an, we should try to learn
		
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			Arabic as a language.
		
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			The best way in order to understand the
		
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			glorious Qur'an, in order to have in
		
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			-depth understanding of the glorious Qur'an is
		
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			to learn Arabic as a language.
		
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			If we learn Arabic as a language, then
		
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			we will have in-depth analysis.
		
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			It will help us to understand the glorious
		
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			Qur'an in a better way.
		
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			We should learn Lugha Fusha.
		
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			So this is the first step, learn Arabic
		
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			as language.
		
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			But if we cannot learn Arabic as a
		
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			language, then we can refer to the translation
		
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			of the glorious Qur'an.
		
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			But whenever we are reading the translation of
		
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			the glorious Qur'an, we should read it
		
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			along with the Arabic text.
		
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			And besides reading the Arabic text, we should
		
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			also refer to the books of Tafsir.
		
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			For example, Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Tafsir At-Tabari,
		
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			Tafsir Al-Qurtubi, Tafsir Al-Jalalain, Tafsir Al
		
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			-Sa'adi.
		
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			We should refer to all of these books
		
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			of Tafsir to have better understanding of the
		
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			glorious Qur'an.
		
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			If we do not know Arabic as a
		
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			language, we should read the translation of the
		
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			glorious Qur'an.
		
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			In the language, we understand the best.
		
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			In the English language, one of the best
		
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			translation is the Abdullah Yusuf Ali, along with
		
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			the commentary.
		
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			Besides this, we should also read the books
		
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			of Tafsir.
		
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			And Tafsir Ibn Kathir is translated in the
		
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			English language.
		
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			Besides this, we should also read other books
		
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			of Tafsir.
		
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			For example, Tafsir Al-Sa'adi.
		
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			So besides reading the translation of the glorious
		
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			Qur'an, the Tafsir of the glorious Qur
		
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			'an, it is very important as well.
		
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			A person who knows Arabic as a language
		
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			and he only reads the Arabic text without
		
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			and this person, he's not a student of
		
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			knowledge.
		
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			He does not read any book of Tafsir.
		
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			He just merely reads the Arabic text.
		
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			Whereas there is another person who does not
		
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			know Arabic as a language and he reads
		
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			the translation of the glorious Qur'an and
		
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			he reads various books of Tafsir, for example,
		
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			Tafsir Ibn Kathir and other books of Tafsir.
		
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			And he strives and struggles in order to
		
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			understand the glorious Qur'an.
		
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			His understanding will be far superior as compared
		
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			to the person who knows Arabic as a
		
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			language and he only reads the Arabic text
		
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			without reading books of Tafsir.
		
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			And this person is not a student of
		
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			knowledge.
		
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			But naturally, if this person who knows Arabic
		
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			as a language, if he reads books of
		
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			Tafsir and if he puts in effort, he'll
		
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			be far superior to the person who does
		
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			not know Arabic as a language and who
		
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			reads books of Tafsir in other languages besides
		
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			the Arabic language.
		
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			So those people who do not know Arabic
		
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			as a language, they should put in extra
		
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			efforts and they should not lose hope.
		
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			They should put in extra efforts in order
		
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			to understand the glorious Qur'an, in order
		
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			to read books of Tafsir and this will
		
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			give them better understanding of the glorious Qur
		
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			'an.
		
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			So the best is to learn Arabic as
		
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			a language.
		
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			If we can learn Arabic as a language,
		
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			this is the best so that we can
		
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			understand the glorious Qur'an directly because the
		
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			translation of the glorious Qur'an, it is
		
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			prone to errors.
		
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			It is prone to mistakes.
		
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			But the Arabic text, it is free from
		
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			errors.
		
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			The Arabic text of the glorious Qur'an,
		
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			it is the word of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala, it is free from errors.
		
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			But whenever we read the translation of the
		
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			glorious Qur'an, we should read it along
		
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			with the Arabic text.
		
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			So if there's any error or mistake, it
		
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			is not attributed to Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala but rather it is attributed to the
		
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			person who has done the translation of the
		
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			glorious Qur'an.
		
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			So let us be regular and punctual as
		
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			far as reading the glorious Qur'an is
		
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			concerned.
		
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			Let us read the glorious Qur'an on
		
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			a daily basis and understand the meaning of
		
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			what we are reciting.
		
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			And we will see the transformation in our
		
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			lives.
		
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			We will see that our lives transform.
		
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			If we want transformation in our life, if
		
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			we want success in this life and the
		
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			next, we should read the glorious Qur'an,
		
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			understand it.
		
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			And as far as the glorious Qur'an
		
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			is concerned, there are two types of understanding.
		
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			The first is tadaqur-e-Qur'an, which
		
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			is superficial understanding of the meaning of the
		
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			glorious Qur'an, which can be achieved with
		
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			the translation.
		
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			And the second is tadaqur-e-Qur'an,
		
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			in-depth understanding of the glorious Qur'an.
		
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			If you want to have in-depth understanding
		
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			of the glorious Qur'an, it is highly
		
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			recommended that we learn Arabic as a language.
		
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			If a person puts in extra efforts, then
		
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			Inshallah, he will have in-depth analysis and
		
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			understanding of the glorious Qur'an.
		
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			You will take the next question.
		
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			I do not want to disclose my name
		
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			and pardon me for that.
		
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			I am a female dentist.
		
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			I am from Kashmir, and currently I am
		
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			running my own dental clinic.
		
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			I treat both male and female patients in
		
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			my clinic.
		
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			I want my earnings to be halal, and
		
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			I'm very concerned about it.
		
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			My question is being a female dentist, I
		
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			just want to treat females and children at
		
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			my clinic.
		
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			But if a male patient comes to me
		
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			with an acute pain, shall I treat him
		
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			or not?
		
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			There is no other clinic up to two
		
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			kilometers in my area.
		
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			Please note, I am following complete hijab at
		
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			my clinic.
		
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			Please guide me so that my dunya and
		
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			akhira won't get compromised due to my profession.
		
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			As far as treating a patient is concerned,
		
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			we should see to it that male doctors
		
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			treat male patients and female doctors treat female
		
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			patients.
		
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			This should be practiced so that the hijab
		
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			is maintained.
		
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			And in today's time, in most parts of
		
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			the world, we have female doctors as well
		
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			as male doctors.
		
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			So what is the reason for a female
		
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			doctor to treat male patients?
		
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			What is the reason for a male doctor
		
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			to treat female patients?
		
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			We have several doctors, and among these doctors,
		
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			there are male doctors as well as female
		
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			doctors.
		
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			So the female patient should go to the
		
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			female doctor and the male patient should go
		
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			to the male doctor.
		
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			This is very important.
		
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			And regarding your question that you are a
		
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			dentist.
		
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			So what should you do in this situation?
		
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			You, certain times you have certain male patients
		
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			coming to you.
		
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			What you should do is that first you
		
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			should mention it clearly that your clinic, it
		
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			is only meant for females.
		
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			And if you want to include children, for
		
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			example, children who have not reached the age
		
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			of puberty, there is no problem in this.
		
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			So you should mention it clearly, for example,
		
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			at the entrance of your clinic, that this
		
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			clinic is exclusively for females and should advertise
		
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			your clinic in such a way that it
		
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			is exclusively for females.
		
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			And we have this in certain countries of
		
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			the world.
		
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			For example, in Saudi Arabia, we have certain
		
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			clinics wherein there is a female doctor and
		
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			this clinic is only meant for females.
		
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			We have female dentists who practice dentistry and
		
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			in their clinic, they clearly mention it that
		
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			it is meant for females and they have
		
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			female patients who come to their clinics and
		
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			generally male patients not come to their clinics.
		
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			So if you mention it clearly that this
		
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			clinic is only meant for females, then Inshallah
		
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			you will only have female patients.
		
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			And the reason why I'm stressing upon female
		
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			doctors treating female patients only and male doctors
		
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			treating male patients only is because many a
		
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			times when a doctor is treating a patient,
		
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			they are in close proximity.
		
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			For example, a dentist is treating a patient.
		
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			So the dentist is in close proximity to
		
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			the patient generally.
		
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			And many a times the dentist has to
		
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			touch the patient when he's treating the patient.
		
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			So many a times the rules of hijab,
		
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			they are broken.
		
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			So therefore, we should see to it that
		
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			in order to maintain the hijab, male doctors
		
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			should treat male patients and female doctors should
		
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			treat female patients.
		
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			If there is a situation of dire necessity
		
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			or an emergency, and if a male patient
		
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			comes to a female doctor, then in this
		
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			situation, there is no problem because it is
		
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			an emergency.
		
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			It is a necessity.
		
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			It is a dire necessity.
		
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			For example, if someone is dying or someone
		
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			is having excessive and extreme pain, it is
		
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			unbearable.
		
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			So in this situation, you can accept male
		
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			patients.
		
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			There is no problem.
		
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			So generally, what you should do is clearly
		
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			mention it that your clinic is meant for
		
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			females.
		
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			If there are certain situations wherein there is
		
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			an emergency and if a male patient comes,
		
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			you can treat the male patient.
		
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			But generally, you should try your level best
		
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			that you treat only female patients because this
		
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			will help you in order to maintain your
		
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			hijab and it will help you in order
		
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			to maintain the rules of Sharia and not
		
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			break the rules and criteria of hijab.
		
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			This was the limited time that we had
		
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			for this live question answer session.
		
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			I would like to end the session with
		
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			the verse of the glorious Quran from Surah
		
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			Ali-Imran, chapter 3, verse 710.
		
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			كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعَرُوفِ
		
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			وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَتْأُمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ You are the
		
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			best of people if all for mankind in
		
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			joining what is right and forbidding what is
		
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			wrong and believing in Allah SWT.
		
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			وآخر دعوانا أن الحمد لله رب العالمين