FIMA Year Book 2009 - Federation of Islamic Medical Associations

The Conceptfalsehood, obscenity and corruption.Seek remedy (24) :The injunctions of the Glorious Qur’anand Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH) toseek remedy from ailments, constitute asystem in medical care and research.Let us study the implications of oneProphetic Hadith:“ For every disease there is a cure” or itsother version “seek remedy, for verify,Allah has not created a disease withoutproviding its cure...”. (25)First: There is an injunction to seek curefrom illnesses.Second: There must be well trainedand qualified medical practitioners toprovide medical care.Third: All diseases, including lethal ones,or diseases considered incurable in ourcurrent level of knowledge, have curableremedies which are unknown to us at thepresent point in time. Allah (SWT), thesource of all knowledge, has not revealedthem to us yet. We need to exert moreefforts of research, perseverance andmental process to discover their cure.A medical student nurtured with thisattitude of openness, research anddiscovery as an integral part of his faith,will grow and develop into the practitioneror researcher, that the Muslim society,and humanity at large needs.Bioethics:Medical bioethics is the application ofrecognized principles and standardsin making decisions towards medicalpractice and research.The last decades have witnessed majorscientific and medical achievementsand breakthroughs, with significant,unprecedented influences on human lifeand health.Across the world, complicated ethical,religious, social and legal implicationshave arisen.Ethical councils and organizations havebeen established worldwide, whichrecognized standards that regulatemedical and research behavior.The flood of non-ethical conduct,together with the influences ofglobalization and big business onmedical practice and research havecreated major bioethical challenges tothe scientific fraternity.In most Islamic countries, medicalinstitutions lack sound curricula onbioethics and biomedical jurisprudence.Past Muslim jurists had pioneeringroles in bioethical issues derivedfrom Islamic Jurisprudence. They hadcomprehensively addressed all medicalissues and developments of their times.Virtually all medical issues wereaddressed by jurists over the extendedcenturies of Islamic scientific civilization.Over the past 3-4 decades it was noteworthyto witness the close collaboration andunderstanding between jurists and expertsin medical-scientific issues.We currently have a considerableFIMA YearBook 200979