Adab al-Ṭabīb: Chapter Eight On What Both the Healthy and the Sick Should Believe and Hold in Their Hearts About the Physician in Times of Health and Sickness By Isḥāq ibn ‘Alī al-Ruhāwī (d.~931 CE) Human bodies are constantly in flux and change, because they are composed of opposing elements that compete with one another,… Read More On the Esteemed Place of the Physician in Health & Sickness
by Mateen KhanDelivered November 4, 2023, at AMMSA National Conference 2023, World Astoria Manor, New York City. Summary: This paper, adapted from a keynote address delivered at the AMMSA National Conference 2023, argues for the reintegration of Islamic epistemology and metaphysics into the practice of contemporary medicine. Drawing from classical Islamic ontology, the lecture critiques… Read More Making Medicine Better
by Mateen A. Khan, Piscataway NJ A version of this article was first published in Al-Madania Magazine. At the time of writing this article, we find the world swallowed by a pandemic. Never has the world been as interconnected as today. Never have Muslims been so dispersed around the world as they are today. For… Read More The `Aqīdah of Illness
Mateen A. Khan, MD (Trenton, NJ) As new diseases and treatment modalities arise, health professionals and patients increasingly find themselves facing dilemmas – ranging from birth defects to end-of-life care – that are as much scientific as they are moral. Medicine, as a field, requires a strong ethical directive. However, personal experience and historical… Read More The Need for Islamic Ethics in Medicine
By Dr. Mateen A. Khan (Trenton, NJ) Like everything in Islam, the philosophy of practice for a Muslim health practitioner starts with the kalimah. Bear with me on this. The first half of the kalimah explains the reason for our being here. There is no deity other than Allah. As such, there is no… Read More A Sunnah-Minded Approach to Medicine for the Practitioner
by Mateen A. Khan Our personal du`as are spoken humbly and quietly (taḍarru`an wa khufyatan) between ourselves and Allah. We do not teach them to others – not our children nor our students. However, the prophetic (masnūn) du`as were not like that. Unlike the du`as of other people, his were memorized and passed down by his… Read More Thoughts on the Relationship Between a Healthcare Practitioner and al-Shāfī
Enter the Sunnah 