Using drawings and pictures to learn medicine
Question

                I am a medical student, and i wish to become a good doctor one day InshaAllah. Reguarding my education my problems are 

1) My books contain figures of the human body both male and female, and I do not know if Hijab permits such knowledge to be learned,

2) As a student I have to cut open dead human bodies to study the various parts of the human body. I do not know if this is haraam or halaal

3) In exams students draw pictures of specific parts in their answers (not of the whole human body). I know the hadeeth that all picture makers will be in the fire, but i donot know if it is permissable to draw pictures for educational purposes. 

Please advise me as I do not wish to go beyond the Islamic Shareeah.
Praise be to Allah.
    It is well known in our religion that the basic principle 
    with regard to drawings and pictures of animate beings is that they are 
    haraam, because of the many ahaadeeth in which it says that they are 
    forbidden and warn against them. We have previously explained that in a 
    number of questions on this site. Please see, for example, question no.
    7222. 

    It is well known in the principles of fiqh on which there is 
    consensus that in cases of necessity, forbidden things are permitted, so the 
    ruling may change from prohibition to permission if that will lead to 
    achieving one of the five necessities that Islam came to protect, which are: 
    religion, life, physical health, honour and wealth. 

    Because medicine is one of the necessary sciences that people 
    need, to such an extent that some scholars regarded it as a communal 
    obligation, this means that some things are permitted which are basically 
    forbidden, in order to fulfil this communal obligation.  

    Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Rawdat 
    al-Taalibeen (1/223): 

    With regard to sciences, some of them are a communal 
    obligation, such as medicine. End quote. 

    Indeed, Muwaffaq al-Deen al-Baghdaadi narrated in his book 
    al-Tibb min al-Kitaab wa’l-Sunnah (187) that Imam al-Shaafa’i said: 

    I do not know of any branch of knowledge, after knowledge of 
    halaal and haraam, that is more noble than medicine. End quote. 

    Even if a doctor does not treat women except in cases of 
    necessity, he must learn how to treat both sexes, because a woman may not be 
    able to find a female doctor in a certain specialty or in a certain city. 
    Also, knowledge of medicine is based on understanding the makeup of the 
    human body, and the features of its various parts, and details of their 
    functions. How well the doctor understands that will determine how well he 
    knows medicine and how successful he is in ridding people of problems and 
    diseases.  

    Hence there is nothing wrong with the doctor studying 
    drawings that show the human body, whether they are of men or women, and 
    there is nothing wrong – in sha Allaah – with using drawings in exams for 
    students of medicine and life sciences, as that will help them to understand 
    properly and learn this knowledge correctly. 

    In our religion it is permissible for women to treat men in 
    cases of necessity. 

    It was narrated that al-Rubayyi’ bint Mu’awwidh (may Allaah 
    be pleased with her) said: We were with the Prophet  (peace and 
    blessings of Allaah be upon him), bringing water, treating the wounded and 
    carrying the slain back to Madeenah. Narrated by al-Bukhaari (2882). 

    Ibn Hajar said, commenting on this hadeeth in Fath 
    al-Baari (6/52): 

    This shows that it is permissible for a non-mahram woman to 
    treat a non-mahram man in cases of necessity. End quote. 

    In our religion there is also evidence which indicates that 
    it is permissible to make pictures and images for children’s toys, because 
    children need to play and learn. See the answer to question no.
    9473. 

    In a Fatwa issued by the scholars of the Standing Committee, 
    there is evidence which indicates that it is permissible to make pictures in 
    cases of necessity, such as pictures to prove the identity of a person and 
    the like. See the answer to question no.
    34904 and
    39806. 

    As for making pictures and drawing parts of the body 
    separately, such as the head or the chest, many scholars are of the view 
    that it is permissible. See the answer to question no.
    13633. 

    All of the above indicates that it is permissible to use 
    drawing and pictures in studying medicine, etc. 

    A similar fatwa has also appeared previously on our site in 
    the answers to questions no. 10228 
    and 13716. 

    And Allaah knows best.