alkafi-10239Vol. 5, p. 534
سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ الْمُسْلِمَةِ يُصِيبُهَا الْبَلَاءُ فِي جَسَدِهَا إِمَّا كَسْرٌ أَوْ جِرَاحٌ فِي مَكَانٍ لَا يَصْلُحُ النَّظَرُ إِلَيْهِ وَ يَكُونُ الرِّجَالُ أَرْفَقَ بِعِلَاجِهِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ أَ يَصْلُحُ لَهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا قَالَ إِذَا اضْطُرَّتْ إِلَيْهِ فَيُعَالِجُهَا إِنْ شَاءَتْ.
“I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about the case of a Muslim woman who is afflicted with a misfortune in her body, like a broken part or wound in a place to which looking is not proper and men are more gentle to treat it than women: if he can look at it. He (the Imam) said, ‘In an emergency he can treat her if she w