Quote Originally Posted by gabriel View Post
i think you are stating the obvious here but that should not be a reasoning to undermine the profound contribution of medicine and the practice as a whole.

No doubt the Quran has a cure to many illnesses but it is not its purpose. The sunnah however is the key to a prosperous and healthy living a life free of diseases and illnesses.

Just thought I would add this clarity since many Great Scholars, pious kings, Kaliphs had many physicians around them
I agree and I have not intended to do so If that were not the case then I would deny that the ulema agree that AFTER the propagation of Allah's divine rule (islamic scholarship), medicine is the most noble profession. While the former spiritually heals the latter physically heals. Also, good health means you can engage more actively in worshiping Allah SWT. I would just like to clarify that I am not trying to undermine the profound contribution of medicine and its practice and do intend to use 'islam' or the fact that qur'an has cure an excuse to do so either. Rather, what I was referring to was that although we muslims need female doctors, we equally need females in the sector of Islamic scholarship and based on my experiences I have not been aware of many but one. I meant to say that taking up ismaic scholarship and healping people to learn Quran and follow it is also a source of healing people, in my opinion, but in this case spiritual health. We have focused so much on physical well being, that unfortunately our souls are left malnourished which is why their are many individuals like myself, who dont know what to do in their life at times because probably the emaan is not there or very strong and hopes are still attached to worldly things late in their teens realise how much they need to accomplish to actually be able to learn the bear minimum required to fulfill obligation where that is not the case with those who have had emaan, islam nurtured in them from a very young age.

Also, living in a country such as Saudi and becoming a doctor, (unfortunately such an opportunity is not available to me ) is very different to becoming a doctor in a western country at a western university. It can become very difficult to practice ones deen especially when they are not nurtured islamically and have a lot to learn about their deen ahead of them. Also, if the Quran says the best among you are those who learn and teach the Quran then that can also not be denied.