work in such circumstances, because their looking at other women is not as bad as is the looking or touching of men.
Midwives are available in most areas to check any abdominal swelling. If midwives are available then there is no need for a man to check. Even in cases where a male doctor is allowed to look at a woman, it is essential that only the required part of the body is exposed and the rest of the body must remain concealed so that he cannot see it. (Ibid, pp. 90-91) If merely ‘looking’ is necessary, then touching is not permissible by Sharī’aĥ. Remember! Touching is worse than looking.
Islamic sisters! Within Dawat-e-Islami’s Madanī Qāfilaĥs, not only Muslims gain a treasure of spiritual reward, sometimes, their physical illnesses are also cured. Here is such an inspiring account by an Islamic sister who was a Madanī Qāfilaĥ traveller: An Islamic sister (aged approximately 45) from Bāb-ul-Madīnaĥ (Karachi, Pakistan) stated: I regularly suffered back-pain to the extent that I was unable to sit on the floor. When I travelled with a Madanī Qāfilaĥ with Islamic sisters, never mind feeling any pain, in fact, I felt as though I had never suffered the pain in the first place. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! I spent all three days according to the schedule of Qāfilaĥ. Besides my Farḍ Ṣalāĥ, I offered Nafl Ṣalāĥs of Tahajjud, Ishrāq and Chāsht. Having reaped the blessings of the Madanī Qāfilaĥ, I made an intention that اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ I would make my eldest daughter travel with a Madanī Qāfilaĥ too.
Āp ko ĥo dard-e-sar yā ĥo dard-e-kamar
Chalye ĥimmat karayn, Qāfilay mayn chalo
Fāidaĥ ākhirat kay banānay mayn ĥay
Sārī beĥnayn kaĥayn, Qāfilay mayn chalo