31Dec 2016

ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE OF MEDICAL SURGERYAND ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

  • Research Scholar, Dept. of Quran-o-Sunnah University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
  • Assistant Professor, Dept. of Quran-o-Sunnah, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
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Imam Shafi has said: " ????? ????? ??? ??????? ? ??? ????????" (Knowledge is of two types: Knowledge of the body, and knowlege of the religion.) Although apparently these two kinds of knowledge may seem to be very different in nature, viz., knowlege of religion relates to spirituality, while knowledge of the body relates to materialism, there is a very strong relation between the two. All bodily actions and organs are connected with some commandments of the Jurisprudence. Therefore, in essence the human body is a target to the knowledge of religion. Various actions of the Jurisprudence are dependent upon the integrity and functioning of bodily organs. Therefore whereas Islam has made it incumbent upon a human to follow the other rulings of its Jurisprudence, it has also necessitated them to take care of their bodily health and seek treatment to disease. That is the reason why the human kind has in every period of time made every possible effort to improve its bodily health and the Muslim scholars have also always given an importance to the knowledge pertaining to body. In the modern day, where the progress of Medical science has raised many questions, it has also raised a very important question of whether it is permissible or not to physically intervene, cut open, transplant, and purchase or sell a human organ? If it is permissible, then with what prerequisites, and if not, for what underlying reasons. Every aspect of this discussion is a subject in and of itself and volumes have been inked about them. In the following article an overview of the conditions that permit medical surgery and its reasons for being permissible is presented briefly.


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[Mufti Rizwan-ul-Huq1 and Mufti Imran-ul-Huq Kalyanvi. (2016); ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE OF MEDICAL SURGERYAND ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Dec). 1751-1757] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Mufti Rizwan-ul-Haq
University of Karachi

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/2577      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/2577