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Medieval theoretical principles of medicine in Ibn Sīnā’s al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb and al-Dhahabī’s al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī

The Galenic account of medicine by Ibn Sīnā (d. 427AH/1037CE) was remarkably significant for natural philosophy and religious thought in the medieval Islamic world. Just as one might split philosophy in the Islamic world into eras before and after Avicenna, so one could periodise medical history int...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Yusoff, Muhammad Fawwaz, Ab Razak, Nur Izah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Malaya 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86717/1/Medieval%20theoretical%20principles%20of%20medicine%20in%20Ibn%20S%C4%ABn%C4%81%E2%80%99s%20al-Q%C4%81n%C5%ABn%20f%C4%AB%20al-%E1%B9%ACibb%20.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.867172021-11-09T08:39:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86717/ Medieval theoretical principles of medicine in Ibn Sīnā’s al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb and al-Dhahabī’s al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī Muhammad Yusoff, Muhammad Fawwaz Ab Razak, Nur Izah The Galenic account of medicine by Ibn Sīnā (d. 427AH/1037CE) was remarkably significant for natural philosophy and religious thought in the medieval Islamic world. Just as one might split philosophy in the Islamic world into eras before and after Avicenna, so one could periodise medical history into the time before and after Ibn Sīnā’s glorious al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb (Canon of Medicine). This article compares the medical theory in al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb and al-Dhahabī’s (d. 748/1348) al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī to determine if the medieval al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī genre was influenced by the post-Avicennian tradition. To assess this theoretical impact on the writing in the prophetic medicine genre, the article first analyses the introductory part of both writings, as well as the subsequent developments in al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī writings. This will form a comparative view of the medieval anatomical and philosophical positions. Given that traditional prophetic medicine is the focus of the al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī genre, the article turns to the question of medical theory, did al-Dhahabī really observe this topic? What role does medical ḥadīth play in determining how Muslims should approach classical theories of medicine? By comparing these two works, one can see that al-Dhahabī’s al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī developed in interaction with and extension of the al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb, as well as an attempt to bring forth a new form of medicine, that would integrate Ibn Sīnā’s medical theory with Prophetic ḥadīth. University of Malaya 2020-12-31 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86717/1/Medieval%20theoretical%20principles%20of%20medicine%20in%20Ibn%20S%C4%ABn%C4%81%E2%80%99s%20al-Q%C4%81n%C5%ABn%20f%C4%AB%20al-%E1%B9%ACibb%20.pdf Muhammad Yusoff, Muhammad Fawwaz and Ab Razak, Nur Izah (2020) Medieval theoretical principles of medicine in Ibn Sīnā’s al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb and al-Dhahabī’s al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī. Journal of Aqidah & Islamic Thought, 22 (2). 119 - 154. ISSN 1511-8819; ESSN: 2550-1755 https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/afkar/article/view/28009 10.22452/afkar.vol22no2.4
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description The Galenic account of medicine by Ibn Sīnā (d. 427AH/1037CE) was remarkably significant for natural philosophy and religious thought in the medieval Islamic world. Just as one might split philosophy in the Islamic world into eras before and after Avicenna, so one could periodise medical history into the time before and after Ibn Sīnā’s glorious al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb (Canon of Medicine). This article compares the medical theory in al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb and al-Dhahabī’s (d. 748/1348) al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī to determine if the medieval al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī genre was influenced by the post-Avicennian tradition. To assess this theoretical impact on the writing in the prophetic medicine genre, the article first analyses the introductory part of both writings, as well as the subsequent developments in al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī writings. This will form a comparative view of the medieval anatomical and philosophical positions. Given that traditional prophetic medicine is the focus of the al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī genre, the article turns to the question of medical theory, did al-Dhahabī really observe this topic? What role does medical ḥadīth play in determining how Muslims should approach classical theories of medicine? By comparing these two works, one can see that al-Dhahabī’s al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī developed in interaction with and extension of the al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb, as well as an attempt to bring forth a new form of medicine, that would integrate Ibn Sīnā’s medical theory with Prophetic ḥadīth.
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author Muhammad Yusoff, Muhammad Fawwaz
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Medieval theoretical principles of medicine in Ibn Sīnā’s al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb and al-Dhahabī’s al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī
author_facet Muhammad Yusoff, Muhammad Fawwaz
Ab Razak, Nur Izah
author_sort Muhammad Yusoff, Muhammad Fawwaz
title Medieval theoretical principles of medicine in Ibn Sīnā’s al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb and al-Dhahabī’s al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī
title_short Medieval theoretical principles of medicine in Ibn Sīnā’s al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb and al-Dhahabī’s al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī
title_full Medieval theoretical principles of medicine in Ibn Sīnā’s al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb and al-Dhahabī’s al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī
title_fullStr Medieval theoretical principles of medicine in Ibn Sīnā’s al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb and al-Dhahabī’s al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī
title_full_unstemmed Medieval theoretical principles of medicine in Ibn Sīnā’s al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb and al-Dhahabī’s al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī
title_sort medieval theoretical principles of medicine in ibn sīnā’s al-qānūn fī al-ṭibb and al-dhahabī’s al-ṭibb al-nabawī
publisher University of Malaya
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