bioethics and its place in islamic sciences

The place of hadith and its efficiency in Islamic ethics

The efficacies of hadith in Islamic ethics is concerned with the authenticity and inauthenticity of ethical hadiths. The authenticity of ethical ahadith is deeply connected to the problem of tolerance in the proofs of sunan which has led to the two views of tolerance and intolerance. In this paper, it has been argued that ethics and jurisprudence are two distinct fields and one can not agree wi...

Bioethics for clinicians: 21. Islamic bioethics.

Islamic bioethics derives from a combination of principles, duties and rights, and, to a certain extent, a call to virtue. In Islam, bioethical decision-making is carried out within a framework of values derived from revelation and tradition. It is intimately linked to the broad ethical teachings of the Qur'an and the tradition of the Prophet Muhammed, and thus to the interpretation of Islamic ...

Islamic bioethics: a general scheme

No doubt life in its all forms enjoys a very high status in Islam. Human life is one of the most sacred creatures of God. Therefore, it must be appreciated, respected and protected. In this regard, the paper refers to different parts. The first part studies the value of life in Islam. It helps to understand why life must be appreciated and respected. The second part sheds some light on the natu...

Problems of Islamic Bioethics and Biolaw

[Man's place and anthropology in bioethics].

From the analysis of its epistemological status, the article focuses on the philosophical fundament of bioethics, stressing the need for an authentic anthropology as a reference or starting point. Being an applied ethics, the first fundament of bioethics is in ethics. It shows how only personalistic ethics, which takes as reference the nature or essence of man, can offer objective and universal...

Wilāyah (authority and governance) and its implications for Islamic bioethics: a Sunni Māturīdi perspective.

Juridical councils that render rulings on bioethical issues for Muslims living in non-Muslim lands may have limited familiarity with the foundational concept of wilāyah (authority and governance) and its implications for their authority and functioning. This paper delineates a Sunni Māturīdi perspective on the concept of wilāyah, describes how levels of wilāyah correlate to levels of responsibi...