What are the names of the books authored by Muslim scholars on medicine in Islam, its regulating Sharia laws, patients' rights, how a Muslim doctor should deal with Muslim and non-Muslim patients, and other matters related to the medical profession from an Islamic perspective?
Islamic Sharia highlights its comprehensiveness across all aspects of life, including legal rulings related to medicine. Some of these rulings are explicitly stated in texts, while general principles allow for the derivation of rulings for branches not explicitly mentioned. Scholars, both ancient and contemporary, have diligently clarified these rulings. Al-Bukhari and Muslim dedicated chapters to medicine in their authentic collections (Sahihayn), and Ibn al-Qayyim allocated a section of his book "Zad al-Ma'ad" to Prophetic Medicine. Contemporary scholars have authored numerous books, treatises, and encyclopedias, and hundreds of fatwas have been issued on medical rulings, including "Fatawa al-Lajnah ad-Da'imah lil-Ifta’" (Fatwas of the Permanent Committee for Issuing Fatwas), "Fatawa at-Tibb wal-Marad" (Fatwas on Medicine and Illness), "Mawsu'at al-Fiqh at-Tibbi" (Encyclopedia of Medical Jurisprudence), and "Al-Mawsu'ah at-Tibbiyah al-Fiqhiyah" (The Medical Jurisprudential Encyclopedia), among others.
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