Question: If there are no nurses available and it is necessary for a female patient to have an injection then what should she do?
Answer: In case of really feeling impelled, she can let a man do this.
Answer: No. He can neither have any of his body part bandaged nor can he have his blood pressure checked nor have blood extracted by a woman. In conclusion, it is Ḥarām for men and women to touch each others’ bodies without a valid Islamic reason. It is an act that leads to Hell.
Beloved Mustafa صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: For anyone of you to have an iron nail hammered into his head is better than touching a woman who is not Ḥalāl for him.
(Al-Mu’jam-ul-Kabīr, vol. 20, pp. 211, Ḥadīš 486)
Question: So are you saying that women cannot work as nurses?
Answer: If the five conditions for women to work – mentioned on page 109-110 of this book – are met, then it is permissible to work as a ‘nurse’. These days, it seems extremely difficult to fulfil these conditions. To work as a nurse without fulfilling these Islamic conditions is a sin and will open many doors of social chaos.