Integrated Medical Education Resources: 250103P - OUTLINE OF A COMPREHENSIVE ISLAMIC INPUT INTO THE MEDICAL CURRICULUM

Presented at a workshop at the University of Science and Technology, Ghaziantepp, Turkey, on Friday, 3 January 2025, by Professor Omar Hasan Kasule Sr, MB ChB (MUK), MPH (Harvard), DrPH (Harvard), Chairman, Research Ethics Committee, King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz University Hospital, Princess Noura University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

1.0 THEME ONE: ASAASIYYAAT (fundamentals).

VOLUME I: ‘AQIIDAT (Creed)
Module 1.0 USUL AL DDIIN (tauhid, risaalat, aakhirat, qadar).
Module 2.0 VIOLATIONS OF AQIDAH (ithm, jadal, dhulm, kufr, milal).

VOLUME II: USUUL al SHARI’AT (Foundations of The Law)
Module 3.0: SOURCES, PURPOSES, PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW: (masaadir, maqaasid, qawa’id)
Module 4.0: LEGAL BOOKS, Kutub al fiqh: (Maliki, Hanafi, Shafei, Hanbali, Jaafari)

VOLUME III: al ‘IBAADAAT al JASADIYYAT (Physical Worship)
MODULE 5.0: TAHARAT & SALAT (taharat, acts of salat, salat in difficulty)
MODULE 6.0: PHYSICAL ‘IBADAT (saum, zakat, hajj, tilaawat)

VOLUME IV: ‘ILM & MA’ARIFAT (Knowledge)
MODULE 7.0: THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE, Nadhariyyat al ma’arifat (philosophy, methodology, integration)
MODULE 8.0: REFORM OF KNOWLEDGE, islaah al ma’arifat

2.0 THEME TWO: FIQH AL TAARIKH, (civilization: past, present, & future)

VOLUME V: KHALQ (Creation/cosmogony)
MODULE 9.0: KHALQ AL KAWN (creation of the universe, signs of Allah, ultimate questions, qadar, iraadat, order, change, and permanence)
MODULE 10.0: KHALQ AL INSAN (Creation of the human: nature, superiority, mission, diversity)

VOLUME VI: TAARIIKH al UMAM (World History)
MODULE 11.0: START OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION (khilafat, taskhiir, umran)
MODULE 12.0: CYCLE OF CIVILIZATIONS, dawrat al hadhaaraat: empires

VOLUME VII: TAARIIKH al UMMAT (Muslim History)
MODULE 13.0: THE GOLDEN ERA, ‘ahad al risaalat & ‘ahad al khilafat
MODULE 14.0: ERA OF DYNASTIES, ‘ahad al muluuk (umawi, abassi, othmani, atraaf

VOLUME VIII: AL TAJDID & AL ISLAH (renewal and reform)
MODULE 15.0: CHALLENGES OF RENEWAL, Tahaddiyaat al tajdiid
MODULE 16.0: INSTITUTIONS OF REFORM, Muassassat al islaah: education, social, economic

3.0 THEME THREE: FIQH AL ULUUM AL TIBIYAT (basic medical sciences)

VOLUME IX: ‘ILM al HAYAAT (The Biology of Life)
MODULE 17.0: LIFE and HEALTH, al hayat wa al sihhat: life, death, health, disease and disease treatment
MODULE 18.0: STAGES OF GROWTH AND SENESCENCE, numuw wa al shaykhuukhat: from intrauterine to old age

VOLUME X: JISM al INSAN (The Organism: Structure & Function)
MODULE 19.0: THE BIOLOGICAL MIRACLE, mu’ujizat al jism al insani: perfection, optimality, incomparability, homeostasis, pathological repair and restoration of equilibrium
MODULE 20.0: HUMAN ORGAN SYSTEMS: alimentary, locomotor, etc

VOLUME XI: ‘AADAAT al MA’ISHAT (Activities of Life)
MODULE 21.0 REPRODUCTION, Izdiyaad: menstruation, sexuality, pregnancy and delivery
MODULE 22.0 ACTIVITIES OF NORMAL LIVING, ‘Aadaat al ma’ishat: hygiene, food, sleep, and activity

4.0 THEME FOUR: FIQH AL TIBAABAT (clinical sciences)

VOLUME XII: AKHLAAQ al TIBB (Ethics of Medicine)
MODULE 23.0: PURPOSES (maqasid), PRINCIPLES (qawa’id), and REGULATIONS (dhawaabit) OF MEDICINE & Medical malpractice
MODULE 24.0: ETIQUETTE OF THE PHYSICIAN, adab al tabiib: patients and family, care team, research on animals and humans

VOLUME XIII: FIQH AL AMRAADH (Disease Conditions)
MODULE 27.0 CONDITIONS OF ORGAN SYSTEMS and ACTS OF IBADAT
MODULE 28.0 OTHER DISEASE CONDITIONS: psychiatric, neurological, gerontology

VOLUME XIV: FIQH MUSTAJIDDAAT al TIBB (Modern Medicine)
MODULE 29: REPRODUCTIVE & GENETIC TECHNOLOGY: Assisted reproduction, contraception, abortion, etc
MODULE 30.0: MEDICAL and SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES: artificial life support, euthanasia, solid organ transplantation, stem cell transplantation, cosmetic surgery)

5.0 THEME FIVE: AL JAMA’AT, THE COMMUNITY

VOLUME XV: ARKAAN al JAMA’AT (Pillars of the Community)
MODULE 31.0: THE FAMILY INSTITUTION, al bayt: gender equity, marriage, parents and relatives, offspring
MODULE 32.0: COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS, muassasaat al jama’at: masjid, ukhuwat, takaful, shuura, maal

VOLUME XVI: HUMUUM al JAMA’AT (Community Concerns)
MODULE 33.0: COMMUNITY PROBLEMS, mashaakil al jama’at: lifestyle, sexual perversions, addiction, poverty, violence
MODULE 34.0: COMMUNITY ACTION, al ‘amal al ijtima’e: dawa, amr & mahy, organizations

VOLUME XVII: FIQH al MU’AMALAAT
MODULE 35.0: CIVIL TRANSACTIONS, mu’amalaat madaniyyat: marriage, divorce, inheritance, agency (wikaalat)
MODULE 36.0: FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, mu’amalaat maaliyyat: sales, loans, investments, endowments (awqaf)
MODULE 37.0: JUDICIAL TRANSACTIONS, mu’amalaat qadha’iyyat: crimes, legal competence, pleas and evidence, judgment and punishment
MODULE 38.0: LEGAL MEDICINE, tibb shara’e: forensic medicine, medical malpractice

6.0 THEME SIX: FIQH AL QIYADAT, LEADERSHIP

VOLUME XVIII: al TAKWIIN al ASAASI
MODULE 39.0: BASIC ISLAMIC EDUCATION:
MODULE 40.0: DEVELOPMENT: ubudiyah, tazkiyat, development (intellectual, social, skills)

VOLUME XIX: QIYADAT (Leadership)
MODULE 41.0: LEADERSHIP SKILLS, mahaaraat al qiyadat: attributes, diseases, communication, negotiation
MODULE 42: MODEL LEADERS: prophets, khulafa, social leaders, scholars, and reformers

VOLUME XX: IDAARAT (Management)
MODULE 43.0: MANAGEMENT SKILLS, mahaaraat al idaarat: planning, implementation, decision making, problem solving
MODULE 44.0: RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: time, finance, information, organisation, personnel