While this is true, it is over-simplified; most people, whether Muslim or non-Muslim, are unaware that western medicine would not be where it is today without numerous important contributions from the Mideast. Here are brief sketches of some contributions, followed by what the Qur’an and hadiths teach on medicine.
Ingawa jambo hili ni sahihi, limerahisishwa kupita kiasi; watu wengi zaidi, Waislam kwa wasio Waislam, hawafahamu kuwa fani ya tiba ya kimagharibi isingekuwa hapa ilipo sasa bila ya mchango mkubwa na muhimu sana wa fani ya tiba ya Kiislam. Yafuatayo ni maelezo kwa muhtasari ya baadhi ya michango, yakifuatiwa na mafundisho ya Koran na Hadithi kuhusu fani ya tiba.