Muslim Beliefs about Death: From Classical Formulations to Modern Applications
Islamic law has preserved detailed accounts of religious aspects of death and dying. Shari'a has retained a continuity in its guidance regarding the religious and ritual aspects of death. Contemporary Muslim jurists have emphasized rulings that determine the moment of death and the permission t...
| Published in: | Concilium |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
2021
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| In: |
Concilium
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Death
/ Islam
/ Brain death
/ Organ donation
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| RelBib Classification: | BJ Islam NBE Anthropology NCH Medical ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Muslims
B Islamic Law B Death |
| Summary: | Islamic law has preserved detailed accounts of religious aspects of death and dying. Shari'a has retained a continuity in its guidance regarding the religious and ritual aspects of death. Contemporary Muslim jurists have emphasized rulings that determine the moment of death and the permission to harvest organs. Even when the scriptural sources have provided detailed instructions about the funeral rites and mourning practices, as a rule, ethical analysis of the situation is dominated by extraction of a ruling. This paper highlights the religious and cultural issues that dominate the ethics of the end of life in Muslim traditions. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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