Expert Articles & Contributions
Medico-ethical perspectives, clinical reflections, and expert articles by HAKIM members and guest authors.
With Rank Comes Responsibility: The Physician's Social Role in Islam
Rank Is a Trial When, after years of study, nights spent over books, and years in the clinic, a person…
Illness as Trial, Purification, and Elevation: The Forgotten Dignity of the Patient in Islam
In the contemporary world, illness is viewed almost exclusively through a material lens. It appears as a disruption of a…
Visiting the Sick as ʿIbādah: A Forgotten Sunnah and Its Revival
It belongs to the quiet but consequential shifts within Muslim practice that actions originally understood as ʿIbādah (conscious acts of…
The Patient as Amāna, on the Doctor-Patient Relationship in Islam
The case we all recognise It is an ordinary Tuesday afternoon. The waiting room is full, the telephone keeps ringing,…
The Ḥakīm – Akhlāq and Ādāb of the Physician in Islam
Modern medical ethics as an independent discipline emerged in Europe only around 1803, when Thomas Percival coined the term „Medical…
What Occupies Muslim Healthcare Professionals? – Survey and Prelude to the Obligation to Treat
As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuh, dear brothers and sisters, We conducted a survey among medical professionals and asked them…
End of Life
The reality for many Muslims in Germany toward the end of their lives very often looks like this: they must…
What is Health from an Islamic Perspective?
The World Health Organization defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the…
May We Say 'Incurable'?
About ten years ago, the so-called ICE Bucket Challenge went viral to raise awareness for a disease: ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral…
Illness & Health: Between Sabr and Shukr
As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, dear brothers and sisters, In our society today, illness is often perceived as a…
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