Fatwa ID: 09123
Answered by Mufti Nuski Cassim
Question:
As salaam alaikum, one of my friend is very young & she got early menopause & she is prone to osteoporosis. She wants to get hormone therapy. Is it halal to get hormone therapy done?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
Hormone therapy, in the case of menopause, is essentially the replacement of estrogen or progestogen hormones that are lost during the menopausal transition. –[See: https://menopause.org/patient-education/menopause-topics/hormone-therapy]
Though a physiological transition, menopause tends to be harder on younger women than on those experiencing it in their late 40s or early 50s. Women in early menopause tend to experience more bone loss, with a higher lifetime risk of fracture. They are also at higher risk for vaginal atrophy, heart disease, and osteoporosis due to spending more years of their lives without the benefits of estrogen.
Medical experts recommend hormone therapy for women going through premature or early menopause, as it can help prevent these symptoms.
Treatment, for menopausal symptoms, is delivered either systemically (released into the bloodstream) or locally (to the affected area). Systemic therapy can be given via pills, skin patches, gels, injections, or sprays. Local therapy (for example, for vaginal dryness) may be applied directly via vaginal rings, creams, or tablets.
In younger, healthy women without contraindications, the risks associated with MHT are small; it is therefore considered a promising treatment for early menopause.—[See: https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/early-and-premature-menopause]
Hence, considering the above information, if your friend is very young with early menopause and is prone to osteoporosis as a result, then it will be permissible for her to get hormone therapy to treat the early menopause.[1]
Only Allah ﷻ knows best.
Written by Mufti Nuski Cassim
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
References:
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عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِكُلِّ دَاءٍ دَوَاءٌ فَإِذَا أُصِيبَ دَوَاءُ الدَّاءِ بَرَأَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
[صحيح مسلم، رقم الحديث: ٢٢٠٤]
ما أنزل الله داء إلا أنزل له شفاء؛ قال عبد الله: حدثنا محمد بن المثنى قال: حدثنا أبو أحمد الزبيري قال: حدثنا/ عمر بن سعيد بن أبي حسين قال: حدثنا عطاء بن أبي رباح، عن أبي هريرة، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: ما أنزل الله داء إلا أنزل له شفاء. فيه إثبات الطب وإباحة التداوي في عوارض الأسقام، وفيه الإعلام أن تلك الأدوية تشفى وتنجع بإذن الله عز وجل
[أعلام الحديث (شرح صحيح البخاري) ، كتاب المرضى، ما أنزل الله داء إلا أنزل له شفاء، ج. ٣، صفحة ٢١٠٤، جامعة أم القرى]
حدثنا محمد بن الصباح قال: أخبرنا سفيان بن عيينة، عن الزهري، عن ابن أبي خزامة، عن أبي خزامة قال: سئل رسول الله ﷺ أرأيت أدوية نتداوى بها، ورقى نسترقي بها، وتقى نتقيها، هل ترد من قدر الله شيئا؟ قال: هي من قدر الله
[الحواشي على سنن ابن ماجه، أبواب الطب، ١ ء باب ما أنزل الله داء إلا أنزل له شفاء، ج. ٤، صفحة ٢٢٢، دار أطلس الخضراء]