Therapeutic interventions: an Islamic perspective

Disease and its healing in most of the therapeutic strategies are mainly based either on physical or metaphysical aspects. Therapeutic strategies in Islam, on the other hand, are based on a combination of spiritual, psychological, and material means. It is, therefore, important to analyze current th...

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Main Authors:	Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur, Nazer, Rezza, Brown, Lindsay, Ahmed Shogar, Ibrahim Adam, Bouzenita, Anke Iman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Islamic Medical Association of North America 2008
Subjects:	BP160 General works on Islam
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spelling	iium-129992012-01-03T05:47:35Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/12999/ Therapeutic interventions: an Islamic perspective Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur Nazer, Rezza Brown, Lindsay Ahmed Shogar, Ibrahim Adam Bouzenita, Anke Iman BP160 General works on Islam Disease and its healing in most of the therapeutic strategies are mainly based either on physical or metaphysical aspects. Therapeutic strategies in Islam, on the other hand, are based on a combination of spiritual, psychological, and material means. It is, therefore, important to analyze current therapeutic strategies according to the Qur’an and Sunnah and their relation to other medical models, as many options aiming at better health outcomes are now being used throughout the world. This paper examines how the guidelines and principles of the Qur’an and Sunnah may contribute to the understanding and evaluation of different therapeutic interventions. A successful activation of the Islamic therapeutic model and its furtherance apart from the use of limited therapeutic strategies on the individual level can take place only within a reactivation of an authentic Islamic way of life. Islamic Medical Association of North America 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/12999/1/Therapeutic_Interventions_an_Islamic_Perspective.pdf Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur and Nazer, Rezza and Brown, Lindsay and Ahmed Shogar, Ibrahim Adam and Bouzenita, Anke Iman (2008) Therapeutic interventions: an Islamic perspective. Journal of the Islamic Medical Association of North America , 40 (2). pp. 60-68. ISSN 0899-8299 http://jima.imana.org/article/view/4447
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description	Disease and its healing in most of the therapeutic strategies are mainly based either on physical or metaphysical aspects. Therapeutic strategies in Islam, on the other hand, are based on a combination of spiritual, psychological, and material means. It is, therefore, important to analyze current therapeutic strategies according to the Qur’an and Sunnah and their relation to other medical models, as many options aiming at better health outcomes are now being used throughout the world. This paper examines how the guidelines and principles of the Qur’an and Sunnah may contribute to the understanding and evaluation of different therapeutic interventions. A successful activation of the Islamic therapeutic model and its furtherance apart from the use of limited therapeutic strategies on the individual level can take place only within a reactivation of an authentic Islamic way of life.
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author	Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur Nazer, Rezza Brown, Lindsay Ahmed Shogar, Ibrahim Adam Bouzenita, Anke Iman
author_facet	Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur Nazer, Rezza Brown, Lindsay Ahmed Shogar, Ibrahim Adam Bouzenita, Anke Iman
author_sort	Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur
title	Therapeutic interventions: an Islamic perspective
title_short	Therapeutic interventions: an Islamic perspective
title_full	Therapeutic interventions: an Islamic perspective
title_fullStr	Therapeutic interventions: an Islamic perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Therapeutic interventions: an Islamic perspective
title_sort	therapeutic interventions: an islamic perspective
publisher	Islamic Medical Association of North America
publishDate	2008
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/12999/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/12999/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/12999/1/Therapeutic_Interventions_an_Islamic_Perspective.pdf
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