Prophetic Medicine in Malay Manuscript: A Brief Study on the 19th Century Kitāb Ṭib Manuscript

Prophetic Medicine in Malay Manuscript: A Brief Study on the 19th Century Kitāb Ṭib Manuscript

Malay medical manuscripts produced by the Malay intellectuals have attracted researchers from all over the world. This clearly shows that our manuscripts have great value causing them to explore and study hidden treasure of Malay traditional medical knowledge in our manuscripts. This study focusses on two selected Malay medical manuscripts which are Ṭayyib al-Iḥsān fī Ṭib al-Insān and Kiṭāb Ṭib MSS2515. Objectives of this study are to introduce the 19th century Malay medical manuscripts and to study on Malay medicine practices based on hadith described in these manuscripts. Qualitative method has been used by applying the method of subject determination, and data collection obtained from old manuscript, books and paper works related to the research title. The finding shows that Malay authors had combined the practices of Malay traditional medical and Prophetic medicine in their writing since the 19th century.

Norhasnira Ibrahim, Faisal Ahmad Shah

2020

200827095

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