Paying for medical examinations in advance
Question The head of a hospital is saying to the hospital’s clients: pay five hundred riyals for twenty medical exams in one year, whether for cases of sickness or for regular check-ups throughout the year. If a person uses all twenty exams, he has got what he paid for, but if he does not use…
Question
Praise be to Allah.
We put this question to Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih
al-‘Uthaymeen, may Allaah preserve him, and he answered as follows:
Have they agreed on a specific number?
Have they agreed on a specific number?
Yes.
Yes.
Then it is OK.
Then it is OK.
Question:
Even if he does not come for all twenty appointments, whether because
he doesn’t get sick or he is lazy and doesn’t come for check-ups, so the five
hundred riyals are gone?
Answer:
That means he has forfeited his right.
Question:
Yes, so if he gives up his right, for example, that’s OK?
Answer:
It is OK so long as what he has given up is a known amount. And Allâh
knows best.