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Presented at the IMANA program in Jeddah Saudi Arabia on 29th
December 2013 by Dr Omar Hasan Kasule Sr. MB ChB(MUK), MPH (Harvard), DrPH
(Harvard) Professor of Epidemiology and Bioethics Faculty of Medicine King
Fahad Medical City Riyadh omarkasule@yahoo.com WEB: www.omarkasule-tib.blogspot.com
THE INTEGRATING PARADIGM OF TAUHID
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One creator for the cosmos, tauhid
al rubuubiyyat
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Consistent laws that regulate
physical phenomena, sunal al kawn
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Balance, tawazun;
equilibrium, I’itidaal; and action-reaction, tadaafu’u
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Moderation and middle-path, wasatiyyah
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Integration, takaamul
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Synthetic vs. analytic world-views
THE TAUHIDI HOLISTIC PARADIGM
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Islam asserts the body-ruh
duality. Both components of the duality have to be considered in medical
diagnosis and treatment.
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Tauhid, a basic doctrine in Islam,
motivates a holistic integrated approach to all aspects of life including
medical practice.
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Tauhid provides a conceptual basis for
the integration of body and ruh in medicine.
CONCEPTS OF RUH
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The Qur’anic concept of ruh
is very complex with humans having limited knowledge.
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We know from the Qur’an that ruh is
the inner essence of human life
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Ruh manifests in various ways as nafs,
qalb, aql, fuad, lubb, and naasiyat with each manifestation having a
role in medicine.
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Spirituality based on an Islamic
concept of ruh has a role in medicine and various Muslim communities
have integrated it in various ways.
SPIRITUAL HEALING
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In all communities, spiritual
healing, ruqya, is an integral part of treatment alongside other modalities
of treatment and usually takes the form of reciting dua and reciting the
Qur’an.
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These spiritual approaches have an
effect on disease that is mediated through Allah’s pre-determination, qadar,
and power, qudrat, in ways that we do not understand.
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There is however an indirect effect
or dua or Qur’an on disease that we can understand and which has been
shown in some studies.
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Dua and listening to the Qur’an have
an effect on the mind which in turn through the neuro-endocrine and
neuro-immune axis can affect the physical course of disease.
SPIRITUAL SUPPORT
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In some hospitals there are
religious officers whose duties include helping patients with their acts of
worship, especially salat, and makingdua for them.
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The spiritual input is more intense
in terminal care when religious officers talk to patients about repentance,
forgiveness, and looking forward to the hereafter.
EXPERIECE IN MALAYSIA
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Integrated training and continuous
education of nurses and doctors.
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Ibadat friendly hospital
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Islamic ambience / culture in the
hospital
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Islamic etiquette in the hospital