Medical aid
Question
If a person has a disease such as HIV/AIDS and cannot afford the medication (1000$/month). Is it permissible to get insurance or use insurance benefits from work that one pays for in part?
Answer
Taking out insurance or medical aid is impermissible as the elements of gambling and interest are found in it. However if medical aid is a compulsory requirement of the company one is employed by, and the company takes out the medical aid on behalf of the employee from part of his salary, it will be permissible for him to benefit from it.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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