The Equation of Brain Death with Legal Death in Islamic Law: A Critical Appraisal
Journal Title: Journal of Religious Studies, University of Chitral - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
Brain death as the modern medical criterion of death while a welcoming development for the twin purposes of saving medical cost and serving the demand for organ procurement is still a controversial subject in the field of Bioethics. The reason is that its scientific credibility in terms of conclusiveness of the termination of life of the whole body system is far from settled. Similarly, its compatibility with Islamic notion of death and its unique metaphysical criterion of the separation of the soul from human body is a debatable topic among the Muslim legislatures. In the Muslim debate what concerns us is the question of equating brain death to legal death. The most central issue in the juristic discourse is as to whether brain death is a definitive indicator that the soul has left the body. The answer has been divergent but with minimum discourse on both theological and scientific dimensions of the issue. Accordingly, this paper argues that interrogating the issue from scientific dimension would have resulted in a more informed verdict on the issue.
Authors and Affiliations
Prof. Dr. Sayed Sikandar Shah Haneef, Dr. Mohd Abbad Abdul Razak
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP678479
- DOI https://doi.org/10.33195/uochjrs-v1i2582018
- Views 233
- Downloads 0
An Academic Review of the Meaning of “Sirat al- Mustaqeem” in the Light of the Holy Qur’an
Disagreement and grouping (Schism) will continue to exist in this Umma’h and history is a witness to this fact and the sayings of the holy prophet (SAW) also bear out the truth, so people found disagreement in beliefs a...
The Role of Educational Institutions in Islamization, Social Reformation and National Integration in Pakistan
Education is the key to a living and dynamic human civilization based on human creativity and productivity. Uniformity in curriculum provides a well-defined and unambiguous goal and it leads toward national integration a...
The Concept of Politics in Semitic Religions
There is a thought pattern rampant in the west that there is no concept of politics in Divine Religions and this thought is continuously been propagated and given strength. Politics and religion are two different things...
The Inexplicit Words in the Qur’an and the Issue of Misinterpretation
Principles and grammar help to understand a language. As the Holy Qur’an, which is the final and revealed message of almighty Alla'h is in Arabic so an exegetist of this holy book must be possessed full command on basic...
A Comparative Study of the Opinions of Allama Jurjani and Allama Taftazani about the Existence of Allah
In short every intellegent person understands it and every one who is able to see, recognizes the fact that the whole universe is a finite entity by nature and without a creator it is impossible to come into existence....