Convergence of Religion and Heal Health of Convicts in the Convergent Approach of Religion and Health

The religion of Islam is the religion of compassion and kindness, and the Holy Quran, which is the source of religious teachings, strongly supports the fundamental rights of human beings; At the same time, in the Quranic teachings and Islamic traditions in the direction of human evolution and excellence, preservation of life and observance of health is considered as important and respectable. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the approach of religious teachings toward ensuring the health of convicts.

The method of carrying out this descriptive-analytical study was library-based Data was collected by referring to the Quranic verses and Islamic narrations and searching the Islamic sources and articles on databases such as ISC, Migiran, SID, Normags and Google Scholar. Then, the collected data were analyzed according to the purpose of the study. The authors of the article did not report any conflict of interests.

The findings of the study indicate that in implementing the divine limits (punishments) while being effective in observing the inherent dignity of human beings, the health of the convicts has been predicted via certain mechanisms in the approach of religious teachings derived from the Holy Quran and narrations cited from the Infallibles; These include the non-enforcement of punishment on the convict in heat and cold, the non-application of punishment on the diseased convictsand pregnant woman, the possibility of applying punishment on the convicted patient in the form of theqth (a set of whips held together) and the non-application of punishment on the convict's face and genitals.

The results of the study indicate that religious teachings have paid attention to the health of convicts in order to ensure health, especially during the enforcement of divine limits or punishments; Therefore, illness and special circumstances of the convict before or after the conviction leads to the application of differential criminal policy for the convicts in order to ensure their health. As in many cases, the convict's physical and mental illness has been considered as a condition for the abolition of punishment and in some cases as the cause of delaying the enforcement of the punishment until recovery; Therefore, the integration of religion and health is a strategic combination in ensuring the health of convicts.