Dr. Mahdi Bin Ali Kadi, professor at Faculty of Medicine, delivered a lecture entitled “An Islamic view in health and illness

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Dr. Mahdi Bin Ali Kadi, professor at Faculty of Medicine, delivered a lecture entitled “An Islamic view in health and illness”. This lecture dealt with the importance of religious and spiritual aspects in the treatment of diseases. He mentioned in his speech several examples of diseases cured by Allah willing and he mentioned a plenty of evidences from Qur’aan and sunnah in this area. The most notable from these evidences are the treatment with Qur’aan, Rukia, du’aa to almighty Allah and also charity. Dr. Mahdi has highlighted that the western countries have preceded us in spiritual treatment area for mental and chronic diseases despite what we have from Qur’aan and sunnah and also the Prophet’s medicine which illustrates the importance of spiritual treatment of diseases. At the end of the lecture Dr. Mahdi confirmed the importance of activating the spiritual aspect in the treatment of patients, and urged students to do so.