نشریه اسلام و سلامت
پیاپی 3 (پاییز 1393)

Introduction and Although using cloning technology has opened a new horizon on easier treatment of mankind diseases. But، human reproductive cloning has created concerns on injustices and infringement to principles and human ethics among the religious thinkers. Main point of Ethical problem on human reproductive cloning is the violation on human dignity. The purpose of this article is study of incompatibility of human reproductive cloning and human dignity in Quranic teachings. The present study is based on the analytical، documental and conceptual method. In this regard، the necessary data gathered by refer to the first-hand sources such as Quranic interpretations books like Almizan، Nemone Quran encyclopedia and data bank sites like Magiran، Noormags، iranmedex، on based of research questions and analyzed by the authors. Regarding to incompatibility of human reproductive cloning and human dignity there are various arguments such as violation of human dignity in Asexual reproduction، Failure to maintain the uniqueness and individuality، Violating the dignity of embryo. But it should be said that there is not exact detailed expression on incompatibility of human reproductive cloning and human dignity. The survey in Islamic literature indicates that human reproductive cloning violated human dignity in different context. In quranic view the specification of the human who deserves the dignity is being as successor of God on the earth. Creation of such specification for human dignity is due to his or her physical and mental dimension of creation. But based on biological sciences the reproductive cloning provide disorders in reproduction of tissues and organs، weakening the human gene pool and changing in self recognition which lead to the violation of mental and physical dignity. The present study shows that there is incompatibility of human reproductive cloning and human dignity in different approach according to Islamic teachings It is necessary that life science researchers based their essential doctrine on respect religious values in using their researches goals in mankind populations.

Improperly dressed، a destructive factor in mental health، is as a social problem. This phenomenon need to assess and explore carefully. This study aimed to investigate the causes of tendency to the improperly dressed (bad Hajabi) from the girl students’ perspective. The present study is a cross-sectional study that has been done on 100 girl students of Babol University of Medical Sciences. Data were collected by questionnaire which prepared by researcher. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by a pilot study and test-re-test. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical methods. According to the study’s data، four factors with the highest propensity to improperly dressed from the girl students’ perspective are: modish 51%، attract the attention of others 45. 3%، friend’s selection 43% and religious beliefs 39. 5%. Students mentioned the other influencing factors tend to improperly dressed such as: the cultural poverty، lack of family supervision and stubbornness because of the university excessive rigor. In the response to proposed solutions، they presented such as talking about her great personality and expression of women''s roles in the family، speeching the harms following of growth of corruption followed the veiling of women and the determination of specific uniform and dress’s mode from university. Regarding to the findings، the priority strategies for dealing with improperly dressed، holding the education workshops for the mission and philosophy of veil and it’s important، the answer- question meetings about the benefits and disadvantages of veil and decreasing the rigor in color and kind of dress and also encouraging to keep the veil in the commandments framework of Islam.

Background and The first stage of digestion is passing food from the mouth and crushing it with teeth. Not only maintaining healthy teeth facilitate the digestion، but also help the beauty، the correct pronunciation of words and also the promotion of mental health. In this study، the dental and oral health was investigated through using the Salvadora Persica plant in Islamic teachings to the pharmaceutical industry. The investigation in the Islamic sources and in the way of Prophet Muhammad has always special orders and teaching to protect and promote human health. Therefore، this descriptive study was conducted to investigate the health system through the study of library resources، religious teachings and those of traditions compliant with scientific and practical findings related to the dental and oral health. Today، with the scientific progress، the researchers have recognized the strong recommendation and causes of the use of Persica plant. Persica plant or toothbrush has not only a physical structure، but the mysterious roots contained useful compounds particularly the fluoride، sulfur، chloride ions to strengthen the enamel of tooth and is strong germicidal in the mouth. Islamic advice and recommendations emphasized the use of this and declared Persica protect and promote the dental and oral health and prevent many oral and gastrointestinal diseases.

Publishing articles on religious issues is an effective means to understand religious concepts and their relation to health and hygien. The aim of this study was to discover tendency to religious issues in scientific outputs of medical sciences. This cross-sectional study was conducted among on all Persian Medical Sciences Journals during the two years (2012- 2013). Titles، abstracts and keywords of all articles were reviewed in terms of words such as God، Qu''ran، Verses and Hadith،prayer،fast، and religion. The data were collected by means of a tailor-made data collection sheet and analyzed using descriptive and Analytical statistics. Results showed that 82 (0. 6% of Articles) of 13000 published articles from 126 journals of 47 Medical Sciences Universities (during 2012-2013) showed that mentioned words were used in 82 scientific work (in 0. 6% of articles). Journal of Shahid Beheshti، Babol and Isfahan Medical Sciences Universities had the highest frequency of related articles (13، 11 and 9، respectively)، and Qu’ran was the most frequent word among all detected articles. Although، a number of scientific outputs of medical sciences were dedicated to religious issues، but the rate of such topics were limited. Therefore، apply measures for further attention and publish more articles are recommended.

The purpose of this present research was to study Religious attitudes، Spiritual Well-Being and social support in predicting the life satisfaction in mothers of mental retardation children. This descriptive and correlational study was conducted on all mothers of mental retardation children referring to Emam Sajjad therapeutic center at Torbat-E-Heydarieh city in 2014. The convenience sampling method is used here. Therefore، 100 mothers of mental retardation children referring to Emam Sajjad centers were selected and filled out thequestionnaires. The Life satisfaction questionnaire، Religious attitudes measure، Spiritual Well-Being questionnaires and social support questionnaire were used to collect the data. The data was analyzed using Pearson’s correlation index and multivariable regression analysis. The results showed there was a positive relationship between the Religious attitudes (r=0/309)، Religious Well-Being (r=0/157)، Existential Well-Being (r=0/190)، Family social support (r=0/390) and friends social support (r=0/100) and the life satisfaction among mothers of mental retardation children. Also، the results showed that social support (B=0/449)، Religious attitudes (B=0/451) and Spiritual Well-Being (B=0/319) can significantly predicted change the life satisfaction in mothers of children with intellectual disability، Respectively and 30% of quality of life variance was elaborated using Religious attitudes، Spiritual Well-Being and social support. It can be concluded that Religious attitudes، Spiritual Well-Being and social support play the major roles in life satisfaction among mothers of mental retardation children.

Marriage is a critical step towards the achievement of individual and collective human perfection. Homogamy is a common feature advised for the mate selection in religion and psychology. The aim of this study was to investigate the rank of Homogamy in Fegh-h and compare it with psychology. This analytical and documental study was conducted through referring to the scientific and religionious documents such as released articles and Fegh-h books. The results showed that first، the homogamy is an acceptable theory among psychologists. second، religious homogamy is paid attention more than other aspects of homogamy by the psychologists. On the other hand، Kufwiat in Fegh-h is more slightly similar to the homogamy in psychology and Fegh-h does not permit the marriage with a person who is not considerd as a religious Kufw. A comparison between psychologists and jurists ideas indicated firstly that the study of psychologists confirmed the importance of Kufwiat especially faith one and mentioned the useful works. Second، the Shiite jurists have suggested that some of the criteria can be ignored provided that the main criteria are fulfilled، while this prioritizing was not seen in the study of psychologists

Background and Psychological factors in addition to various parts of the body، including the immune system، nervous system، endocrine system and digestive system play a major role in human health. According to the Quran، hadith and Islamic guidelines، the special position of health in Islam can be realized. One of the sublime precepts of Islam is «fasting» which has a key role in personal and social growth and human progress such as prayer and other divine commandments. Islam has expressed fasting as an important factor for the health of body and soul، which has been mentioned directly on the many of Quran and Islamic traditions. Nowadays The World Health Organization knows spirituality a، s an important aspect of health and emphasizes the importance of its impact on health more than ever before. In this article we are going to investigate fasting impact as one of the Important and noble precepts of Islam on body and soul health of human Associated with increased levels of the immune system and thus promoting health، According to the Qur''an، Hadith، Islamic traditions and scientific and research findings and papers. this study is review study and in this paper، investigates the relationship between fasting with the physical and spiritual health and its effect on increasing the level of safety so the Quran verses، religious traditions، religious books and resources، as well as books and scientific-research papers have been used. in this review paper excerpts from the Quran verses and the authentic religious traditions and hadith about the importance of fasting and its relationship to health of body and soul، not overeating، the importance of the spiritual dimension in health and immune system have been investigated. Spiritual benefits of fasting which are in connection with religious beliefs of the fast person is much more important than its physical effects on the human body and it can be said that the main purpose of fasting is Spiritual benefits. Many studies show the moral and material effect of fasting on the promotion of the immune system. According to the World Health Organization''s definition of health and considering spirituality as a fourth dimension of health، spiritual aspects of fasting and its relation increasing level of health must be discussed further and scientific and educational centers must pay more attention to the importance of fasting from spiritual health perspective and its impact to maximize the immune level of body.

Background and Undoubtedly، breast milk is the best food for the baby in the first months of the birth and breastfeeding is one of blessings and gifts that God has physiologically bestowed human beings during the first two years of their lives. The mechanism and plan of this important issue have been processed by using many verses of Quran. Quran orders the parents especially mothers not to deprive their children of this blessing because breast milk is the unique and perfect food in the promotion of mental health and physical growth، optimal development of children and increasing of emotional relationships in society. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate and analyze comparatively the «breast milk» from the approach of Qur''an and some scientific and medical results. Therefore، this research was performed using verses of Qur''an، authentic hadiths، medical books and scientific papers. Several verses of Qur''an emphasize the importance of mother''s milk and the important issues such as foremilk or colostrums، priorities for mother to breastfeed the infant، consultation in the breast-feeding process، the optimal duration of breastfeeding and bonding relationships between infants and lactiferous were mentioned in the verses of God with special delicacy. Medical texts as well as Qur''an emphasize the importance of breastfeeding. The study shows that the best nutrition for infants is breast milk and indirect breastfeeding from the breast provides rights. It is necessary for mothers not to deprive the children of their rights for two years in order to preserve the physical and mental health of them.