Islamic Rulings: Medical Issues

Islamic Rulings: Medical Issues

Advances in modern medicine continually raise ethical and legal questions that demand careful religious evaluation. Islamic Rulings: Medical Issues addresses these challenges by examining contemporary medical practices through the lens of Islamic jurisprudence.

About the Book Islamic Rulings: Medical Issues is a specialized work that explores a wide range of medical topics from a jurisprudential (fiqh, Islamic legal reasoning) perspective. The book focuses on how Islamic law responds to new medical realities while remaining faithful to its foundational sources: the Qur’an, the Sunnah (prophetic practice), consensus (ijmaʿ), and reasoned deduction (ijtihad).

The book discusses issues arising from modern healthcare, such as medical treatments, surgical interventions, reproductive technologies, end-of-life care, and bodily integrity. Each issue is approached systematically, beginning with its medical background and followed by a legal analysis rooted in Islamic principles. The author emphasizes the objectives of Islamic law (maqasid al-shariʿah, higher aims of the law), particularly the preservation of life, dignity, intellect, and lineage.

Rather than offering simplistic answers, the book highlights areas of scholarly agreement and disagreement, showing how jurists weigh necessity, harm, benefit, and intention in medical decision-making. This method allows readers to understand not only the rulings themselves but also the reasoning processes behind them.

The work serves as a bridge between medical science and religious law, demonstrating that Islamic jurisprudence is dynamic and capable of addressing complex ethical questions without abandoning its core values.

What You Will Discover

• Fundamental principles governing medical rulings in Islamic law.
• Jurisprudential analysis of contemporary medical treatments and procedures.
• The role of necessity and harm in determining legal permissibility.
• Ethical boundaries in medicine according to Islamic teachings.
• How classical fiqh adapts to modern scientific developments.

About the Author The author approaches medical jurisprudence with a strong grounding in Islamic law and contemporary issues, presenting rulings with clarity, balance, and scholarly rigor.

Who Is This Book For? This book is for students of Islamic jurisprudence, healthcare professionals seeking Islamic legal guidance, and readers interested in understanding how Islam addresses modern medical and bioethical challenges.