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Is it permissible for a woman to specialize in medical fields other than gynecology, such as pediatrics, intensive care, radiology, or emergency medicine, after she stipulated working as a doctor at the time of her marriage contract, given the impossibility of her specializing in gynecology in her town?

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There is no impediment to a woman working as a doctor in such fields, provided that the limits of Sharia are observed, such as avoiding private seclusion with men and similar situations.

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