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products are prohibited . If no substitutes • Sterilization – individual decision based Handy are available, anything is permissible on medical necessity. “… We (Allah) send down in the Quran including a porcine valve for the heart. • Artificial insemination – permitted only if that which is a healing and mercy to • Faith healing with Du`a (supplication) is from husband to wife. Information for those who believe …” acceptable and encouraged. Medical • Abortion – prohibited unless mother’s life (Quran 17:82) treatment is essential & should be is in danger. It is also allowed before 120 Hospital Staff undertaken for pathological and days of pregnancy if the doctors have “Make use of the medical treatment, for psychological disturbances. confirmed severe abnormalities in the fetus. Allah has not made a disease without • Doctors give medicine, but healing comes • As far as possible, same gender staff & appointing a remedy for it, with the from Allah (God). should be assigned for helping in bathing && exception of one namely old age.” • To the new born baby, Azan (prayer call) the patients. Prophet Muhammad is called in his/her right ear, and Iqama is • Circumcision – Yes, for male babies as (Peace be upon him – PBUH ) chanted in the left ear. early as possible. Nursing Homes • Blood transfusion , vaccines, medications • Clothing : Men and women have dress “O Allah! Lord of the people, take away biopsies, amputations and transplants are codes to follow under normal conditions. the disease. Cure (me/him), for surely permitted. Ladies wear headscarf ( Hijab ), long gowns Regarding You are the Healer. There is no cure but • Organ donations or acceptance are not with long sleeves. Most minimum coverage Yours. Grant a cure that leaves no restricted. However, leave this matter to the for men is from navel to knees. Pajamas are disease.” discretion of the patient’s living will or very appropriate. A prayers taught by Prophet Muhammad – family. Normally, Islamic law dictates to • Surrogate mothering is against Islamic write the last will in the first instant. Muslim Patients PBUH. Ref. Bukhari etiquette and is prohibited. Besides possible Muslims can/should also write a living will. legalities and mental sufferings. &&& • CPR : No restrictions • Muslims practice Tahara ; i.e., wash after Part 1 • Genetic engineering to cure a disease is relieving (urinating and/or passing stools). acceptable, but there is a negative attitude Full bath is compulsory after intercourse, Islam • Under emergency and life threatening for cloning by the Muslim scholars. seminal discharge, and after menstrual situations , there are no restrictions of any • Maintaining a terminal patient on period. kind [Q (Quran ), 5: 3 & 6:145(6) ] for the artificial life support for a prolonged period • Ablution (Wudu ); Obligatory washing of purposes of medication, treatment, Islamic Society of North America, Canada, in a vegetative state is not encouraged. The hands, face (including mouth, nostrils & preventative measures, etc. HQ Mississauga time to be born and time to die is ears) wiping of head and neck and washing • As far as possible, the same gender considered predestined. (wiping) of feet is part of the five daily medical staff should handle and assist # 2200 South Sheridan Way • Euthanasia is forbidden. Best solution is prayers. If certain patient cannot use water, Muslim patients for their privacy needs. Mississauga ON, L5J 2M4 to administer maximum but safe dosage of ablution is done symbolically without Even the dead should be handled the same Tel. 905-403-8406 Ex. 206 pain killers. Since service to the sick is very water. way. Muslims do not shake hands with the virtuous, we should do the best to alleviate • Five daily prayers of just a few minutes opposite gender unless they are Mahrim www.isnacanada.com pains. each are spread over 24 hours. A patient (close blood relatives like the family • Birth control – generally acceptable on who cannot stand for prayers may sit on members). Print Jan. ‘13 health reasons; husband and wife have to chair or lie down in the bed to perform it. • Under normal conditions, mind-altering agree on methods. drugs (intoxicants ), alcohol, pig or its Note : Please inform the patients about Spiritual & If possible , same gender staff or the family of Muhammad (Peace be upon him - The five Tenets of Islam: Religious Care Dept. and the Meditation room in the members should attend the dead. Turn the PBUH ), the Last Prophet to mankind 1. Shahada - Attest and recite the creed, hospital for the use of their visitors. Patients may also like to know the direction of North in their bed face of the patient towards Macca, Saudi (570 – 632 Christian era). “There is no god but Allah (The God). Arabia (North-East in Ontario and most Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.” room for the purpose of facing during prayers. • A Muslim is follower of the monotheistic Some General Teachings of Islam. parts of Canada). 2. Salaah – 5 daily prayers, spread over faith Islam. Islam means peace, submission 24 hrs., a few minutes each time after ritual Dietary Laws: After death, to the will of Allah; revealed Holy Book is wash - Wudu . Patients, who are unable to Quran; Allah is The Lord, The Creator, The • No pork or its bi-products (pepsin, 1.Close eyes and mouth. Mouth can be set stand for prayers, can perform it sitting on a Most Loving, The Most Merciful, The gelatin, or lard as ingredients in food). closed by tying gauze around the head chair or lying on bed. Sovereign, The Healer and has many more • No alcohol in food or drinks. No including the jaws. 3. Siyaam - Fasting in the lunar month of attributes. The word Allah has no gender or intoxicants or recreational drugs except for 2.Straighten arms and set aside; not Ramadan. This is abstinence from food and number. There is non like Him. medical treatment. crossed on chest unless the family insists. drink, smoking and other sensual pleasures, • ‘Allah’ is the proper name mentioned for • Acceptable meats: beef, lamb, chicken Straighten legs (Toes may be tightened starting from just before the break of dawn, ‘God’ in Quran so also in Christian’s and turkey (Must be slaughtered under together to keep legs straight). to sun set. Sick folks, pregnant women, Arabic Bible. Muhammad (Peace be upon Islamic tradition, i.e., Halaal ). 3.Before releasing the body, kindly remove feeding mothers and travelers are excused. him), son of Abdullah is The Last Prophet Kosher food is acceptable (no alcohol or all tubes and needles as much as possible to They have to make good for the missed and Messenger of God. ( Q 33:40 ) wine) if Halaal meat is not available. facilitate the family members who would days when they are back to normal. The • Revelations were given to Prophets ( Q • All dairy products, eggs, seafood (any wash the body for the funeral. infirm and terminally ill can compensate by 3:84 ) David, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad fish), all vegetables, cereals, millets and 4. Release the body ASAP , since Muslims feeding the poor. (Peace be upon them all). The Quran is the pulses are permitted. want to bury the dead without any 4. Zakaah - A compulsory portion of unavoidable delay. final revelation given to Muhammad charity, a minimum of 2 ½% of the extra Death and Burial: (PBUH ). Quran is the source of guidance 5.Respect the dead and never leave it naked wealth saved for over one full lunar year. When there are signs of imminent death, at any time. and knowledge for the whole of mankind 5. Hajj – Those who can afford, should inform the family. Family and friends may 6. Autopsy: may be done only if essential until the Last Day. It has been preserved perform pilgrimage to Ka`ba in Macca like to recite Shahada and Sura Yaseen for legal investigations. If there is a untainted all over the world which is a (Saudi Arabia), the first Mosque on earth from the Quran near patient’s bedside at the Coroner’s exam , kindly finish it ASAP . living miracle by itself. built by Abraham. This journey is time of death. Privacy for the family is Remove any urinary / IV bags &/or other compulsory only once in a lifetime. Articles of faith: appreciated. attachments before releasing the body. 7.Disposal of the body : After the traditional Muslims believe in Allah, His angles, His Socio Religious System: Attendance of an Imam or A`lim (Muslim wash, shroud and funeral prayer in the scriptures, His Messengers and the Day of clergy) is not a must. It is OK if available. • After the Quran , the second main source Mosque or elsewhere, the body is buried in Judgment. Allah is the Master of our Muslims believe in the life Hereafter. A of guidance in Islam is the Sunnah the nearby Muslim cemetery, without too destiny and there is resurrection after death person’s physical body dies and his/her (Traditions of Prophet Muhammad much delay. No embalming may be done for accountability. soul is ‘transferred’ to Hereafter for the (PBUH ) Q 59:7 . The Shariah refers to the unless the body has to be flown overseas. Accountability. Man is given the power of discretion in life laws based on the above two. This is strongly discouraged. • Islam is the ‘natural way of life’ and Steps to be taken by the hospital staff at 8.Cremation is prohibited. affairs his actions will be judged in the the time of death : Hereafter on the basis of Quran and the every child that is born, inherits the laws Consult the family if available and proceed Part 2 traditions of Muhammad ( PBUH ). We of nature which is ‘Islam’ and hence a with the following guidelines: believe in Heaven & Hell.