Vol. 7 No. 027 (2019): Issue 027

غلاف العدد 27 من دورية تبيّن

Issue 27 of Tabayyun (2019) includes the following studies and articles: “The Ethical Limits of Genetic Intervention: Genetics in Philosophical and Fiqh Discourse” (Mu’taz al-Khatib); “Sharia Scholars and Modern Medical Advancements: Ethical Challenges in the Age of Genomics as Example” (Mohammed Ghaly); “Genomics in the Light of Scritural References in the Quran and Sunna” (Abdullah bin Yusuf al-Jedaie); “The Role of Genetic Testing in the Preservation of Lineage” (Mohammed Naeem Yassin); “Genomics from an Islamic Perspective: The Difficult Questions” (Fowzan Sami Alkuraya); “Genomics from an Islamic Perspective: Difficult Questions First Comment: Ahmad al-Raysuni” (Ahmed Raïssouni); “Genomics from an Islamic Perspective: Difficult Questions Second Comment: Muhammad Na’im Yassin” (Mohammed Naeem Yassin).

Published: 2019-08-01

Ethical Studies

  • The Ethical Limits of Genetic Intervention: Genetics in Philosophical and Fiqh Discourse

    Author: Mu’taz al-Khatib
    43-71

    The power of biomedical technology lies not only in treating diseases and relieving pains but in intervening in our bodies at the molecular level in a way that makes us wonder if this amounts to...

  • Sharia Scholars and Modern Medical Advancements: Ethical Challenges in the Age of Genomics as Example

    Author: Mohammed Ghaly
    15-41

    This study offers an analytical overview of discussions about the possible role of Sharia in the age of modern biomedical advancements, especially genomics. Rather than judging specific issues...

Jurisprudential Studies

  • Genomics in the Light of Scritural References in the Quran and Sunna

    Author: Abdullah bin Yusuf al-Jedaie
    75-105

    Genomics presents an unparalleled leap in science, and this is due to the phenomenal insight it provides into the origins of humanity, a subject that has many implications. The perspective of...

  • The Role of Genetic Testing in the Preservation of Lineage

    Author: Mohammed Naeem Yassin
    107-136

    This study presents a view of how genetics and genomics can contribute to the objective of the preservation of lineage and the purity of bloodlines, based on Sharia principles. The study...

  • Genomics from an Islamic Perspective: The Difficult Questions

    Author: Fowzan Sami Alkuraya
    139-152

    The science of genetics is considered a modern field. Genomics is even more modern, and is undergoing very rapid development. Its standards are still the subject of fierce debate and discussion...

Commentaries

  • Genomics from an Islamic Perspective: Difficult Questions First Comment: Ahmad al-Raysuni

    Author: Ahmed Raïssouni
    153-159

    This comment is not intended to give jurisprudential responses or fatwas corresponding with the issues raised by Dr. Alkuraya's paper. I am not a Mufti. This is a matter for discussion and...

  • Genomics from an Islamic Perspective: Difficult Questions Second Comment: Muhammad Na’im Yassin

    Author: Mohammed Naeem Yassin
    161-173

    This comment aims to consider answers to questions raised by new discoveries regarding the importance of the contents of human cells, i.e. the genome, raised by Dr. Fowzan Sami Alkuraya on the...