Medical examinations by a Muslim doctor for the insurance corporation

Question

Question: Is it permissible for a Muslim doctor to be appointed by the Life Insurance Corporation to examine the health of those people who are to be insured? The doctor is paid a fee by the Corporation for each examination. Before or after the examination the doctor has no further concern; he only verifies or diagnoses the things that the applicant for insurance declares about his health in his application.

Answer

Life insurance is impermissible; the fee that the doctor takes for carrying out the examination is permissible, and he may spend it on any of his needs.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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