Islam & Medicine P5 – Competency of Health Adviser

These various disciplines of medicine are not inherent to any single individual (i.e. they are not born with those skills), rather they require learning of knowledge and skills from someone already competent within that discipline and to learn for a period of time that the one teaching is content that the student has completed all the competencies required for that discipline such that they can practice that form of medicine independently. This is not just generic to medicine but is the…

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21 December 2015

Islam / Quacks & Quackery

Raw Milk – Brief Overview of the Contention

Why Raw Milk became Problematic Raw milk has been drunk for millenniums however after industrialisation when the farmers became fewer they were required by demand to become commercial large-scale milk production farms. It was observed that the milk in this situation had a tendency to frequently become infected which posed a risk to the general population. This risk of infection was not because of the milk itself but due to the manner of large-scale collection, storage and distribution of the milk.…

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16 December 2015

Islam / Quacks & Quackery

Islam & Medicine P4 – Deniers of Modern Medicine

Having established the wide acceptance of modern medicine at many levels, in the previous part, hence for an individual to make blanket statements about the modern medical profession requires the individual to fulfill certain conditions for such statements to take weight and this matter would not have been hidden from the Muslim scholars regarding the whole profession, which is a matter of public safety, concern and an important affair (fiqh fil-waaqi), thus falling into the collective obligation of the scholars to…

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16 December 2015

Islam

Islam & Medicine P3 – Modern Medicine

Modern medicine particularly with the advent of evidence based medicine some 50 years ago has spread around the earth and being the overwhelming (>99%) medicine practiced in any urban populated area and accepted by all governments (both Muslim and non-Muslim) such that it is the main focus of their Ministry/Department of Health and thus implemented in nearly all hospitals. Hence among all the various disciplines of disease management then modern medicine has evolved with wide widespread recognition far beyond any other…

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16 December 2015

Alternative Medicine / Islam

Islam & Medicine P2 – Health Disciplines

From the intents of all the heavenly religions that were bestowed upon their respective Messengers, the likes of Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus son of Mary and Muhammed (alayhumusalaam), then they were all sent with noble legislative laws that although they differed in a variety of aspects they united upon protecting five necessities that make up the core of their principles. These five necessities are the protection of religion, life/health, honour/lineage, wealth and the intellects. Thus the preservation of life & health…

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16 December 2015

Islam

Islam & Medicine P1 – Prophetic Medicine

Excellence of Prophetic Medicine over worldly health disciplines Prophetic Medicine is from the revelation and to it we, as Muslims, submit and recognise that it is from the best form of all health disciplines transmitted from our Lord, Allah, the Most High, via the truthful one whose truthfulness is attested, the Prophet Muhammed bin Abdullah (upon him be peace). Its excellence is for two main reasons, firstly as it is conveyed by the Prophet from Allah, the Most Knowledgeable, Most Wise,…

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16 December 2015