Kholase-alhekmah, A Medical text with Monotheistic attitude: A model for teaching medical ethics during teaching medical topics

According to Islamic culture, Monotheism has a broad meaning. It means oneness. It is the most basic principles of religion. The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), had a Monotheistic view to medicine. He believed that treatment is only from GOD. Monotheistic attitude is found in Kholaseh al hekmah authored by Aqili Khorasani more than others. The study examines the dimensions of monotheism in the book Kholase-alhekmah.

A qualitative study on some sections of Kholase-alhekmah which had both scientific subjects and religious theme, was the method of study. Frequent readout of data and extraction of main themes and finally content analysis were done.

The main themes were: “physician citation to Quran verses and hadiths in order to prove the correctness of his science”, “having spiritual purposes of treating patients”, “being Surrender to the Creator and Confession to God's full knowledge and Confess to his incomplete knowledge” and “Trust in God”.

Although Kholaseh-alhekmah is a medical text, Monotheistic thinking is seen while writing the text. There is no such thing in the modern medical texts. Some similar subjects are available in the form of medical ethics books. Note the fundamental issues of monotheism simultaneously with medical training, may play an important role in the advancement of medical ethics among the medical students.