Opening of Spiritual Support Units in Hospitals and Investigation of the Issue According to Islamic Law

Abstract

The spiritual education which seems to be heavy and tough, but which is beneficial to the person in hand, gives the person consciousness and peace. Performing spiritual therapy, giving morale to patients and their relatives, contr            ibuting to religious education, chatting with them and answering their questions, meeting religious needs, facilitating prayer and worship, and such similar methods and practices have undoubtedly taken its place from the earliest works of art in Islamic sources. We find the first examples of this service among behaviors of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). This issue applied in a frame of interviewing sessions with patients and their relatives that are special field of expertise and practiced in European countries. It is known that this practice has been tried especially in a few hospitals selected from certain regions in our country and that some new methods and regulations are required to be passed on. The material investments to be made by the official institutions, especially in the fields of health and theology, will eventually return to the people and the social life in a positive way.

These services, of course can be fulfilled with a faithful, loyal and devoted imam who is always well-educated, equipped with professional and pedagogical formation, full of human love with ethical concerns, principled, respectful, who knows how to listen to the other person. Service groups such as spiritual therapist, social theologian and religious officer can be contacted from the responsible personnel. Although this is a religious duty for those who will be able to attend this duty, it is evaluated that those who will be provided such services should be treated as a human right. To seek healing and to preserve health is the basic principle in Islamic religion. For this reason, investment has always been encouraged for mankind. As stated in the Qur’an, “if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people”.

Keywords

• Spiritual Support in Hospitals,Religion,Islâmic Law,Human Right,Visitation,Moral Support

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