Great Muslim Physician and Islamic Jurist: A Portrait of Ibn Al-Nafis

Authors

  • Mohd. Shuhaimi Ishak

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31436/revival.v2i02.75

Abstract

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine the life and works of Ibn al-Nafis, and to assess his contributions to the fields of medicine and Islamic jurisprudence. The paper sheds light on his background (including his extensive study of medicine) and his scholarly writings on both medicine and Islamic jurisprudence, with emphasis on the theoretical frameworks he developed for the two disciplines. As he was a man of ideas and a prolific writer, the study also traces the opinions others had of him to determine his intellectual impact on his contemporaries and those who came after. Finally, the paper assesses and discusses the validity and value of his medical theories and his views on Islamic jurisprudence, to explain why they have won him the admiration of his fellow Muslim scholars.  

Keynotes: Ibn al-Nafis, contribution, contemporaries, medicine, and Islamic jurisprudence

 

Abstrak

Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mendedahkan sumbangan dan hasil penulisan  Ibn al-Nafis dalam bidang perubatan dan perundangan Islam. Pandangan lain semasa berkenaan dengan kerangka teori beliau yang menyentuh aspek kedua-dua disiplin juga dikemukakan. Selain itu, latar belakang sejarah dan kajian perubatannya yang meluas juga dikupas serta melihat pendapat orang lain terhadapnya sebagai seorang yang memiliki banyak idea dan penulis yang prolifik. Kajian ini juga menumpu kepada kesahihan teori perubatan dan pandangan perundangan Islam beliau yang dikagumi oleh rakan-rakan yang sezaman dengannya.

 

Kata kunci : Ibn al-Nafis, sumbangan, sezaman, perubatan, perundangan Islam

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Published

2013-01-18

How to Cite

Ishak, M. S. (2013). Great Muslim Physician and Islamic Jurist: A Portrait of Ibn Al-Nafis. Revelation and Science, 2(02). https://doi.org/10.31436/revival.v2i02.75