ISSN: 2360-7866

 International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review
 

International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review

Vol. 8(4), pp. 92-98. July, 2020.

ISSN: 2360-7866

DOI: 10.14662/IJARER2020.080

Review

Indigenous Knowledge of Medical Herbs: Islamic Education Perspectives

Ali Yassin

Assistant Professor in Curriculum and Instruction at Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia.

E-mail: alyassin1999@gmail.com

Accepted 19 June 2020

Islam is the most comprehensive religion that presents myriads of ideas, traditions and practices for teaching Muslims from multi-disciplinary perspectives. One of such areas is the medical traditions. The purpose of this article is to investigate whether such traditional medications are included in the Islamic education. To achieve this objective, textual analysis was done on Islamic Holy Scripture (the Qur’an) and Hadiths. Literature review was also done on the issue. It was found out that before 1450 years the Qur’an and the Prophetic Hadiths mentioned the beneficial properties of many plants and food stuffs such as fig, olive, date palm, zinger, onion, garlic and many more. Medical experts assert that such herbal medicines are being widely used in the world since such plants has got better cultural acceptance, least injurious with little or no side effects.

Key terms: Islamic education, Prophetic medicines, Qur’an, Hadith, Herbs

Cite This Article As: Ali, Y. (2020). Indigenous Knowledge of Medical Herbs: Islamic Education Perspectives. Inter. J. Acad. Res. Educ. Rev. 8(4): 92-98