[NFB-Muslims] Islamic scholarly resources about disability

Mon May 20 01:03:45 UTC 2024

Sister Heather,

Salams. The following is a very brief list of materials published on the
topic of disability and Islam. This is only a fraction of scholarship and
jurisprudence on the topic but, Inshallah, I hope it gets things started
for you and the group.

Al-Aoufi, Hiam, Nawaf Al-Zyoud, and Norbayah Shahminan. 2012. “Islam and
the Cultural Conceptualisation of Disability.” *International Journal of
Adolescence and Youth* 17 (4): 205–19.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2011.649565.

Austen, Margaret R. 2021. “The Protection and Empowerment of People with
Disabilities in Islamic Law.” *UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law*
19:103.

Bazna, Maysaa S., and Tarek A. Hatab. 2005. “Disability in the Qur’an: The
Islamic Alternative to Defining, Viewing, and Relating to Disability.” *Journal
of Religion, Disability & Health* 9 (1): 5–27.
https://doi.org/10.1300/J095v09n01_02.

Bhatty, Isra, Asad Moten, Mobin Tawakkul, and Mona Amer. 2009. “Disability
in Islam: Insights into Theology, Law, History, and Practice.” In
*Disabilities:
Insights from across Fields and around the World 1*, 157–76.

Ghaly, Mohammed. 2009. *Islam and Disability: Perspectives in Theology and
Jurisprudence*. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203865088.

Naznin, Shaista, and Dr Sadia Tabassum. 2021. “Islam on Disability and Its
Cultural Conceptualization.” *Tahdhib-al-Afkar*, August, 09–20.
Rispler-Chaim, Vardit. 2006. *Disability in Islamic Law*. Springer Science
& Business Media.

Saleem Binmahfooz, Sarah. 2024. “Understanding Disability in Islam: An
Overview of the Current Research and Evidence.” *مجلة العلوم المتقدمة للصحة
النفسية والتربية الخاصة* 3 (2): 380–403.
https://doi.org/10.21608/jasps.2024.281483.1076.

Tariq, Afnan, and Aarif Hussain. 2022. “Understanding the Perspective of
Disability in Islam.” In *Emerging Social Work Debates*, 49–62. Clever Fox
Publishing.

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On Sun, May 19, 2024 at 5:19 PM Heather Albright via NFB-Muslims <
nfb-muslims at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Asalamu alaykum wa Rahmatullah,
>
>   Inshallah, I was part of this interfaith network on faith and disability
> while I was living in Austin.
>
> So we crated a network based on faith and disability as a common purpose.
> So now the same group is trying to gather all the resources for every faith
> tradition in to a data base with well known documentation of that faith
> tradition's views on disability with in that faith tradition. This group
> has grown across the country mashallah.
>
> Many of the articles are even written by the differently abled members
> with in their faith traditions. It is a collective narrative of how each
> faith tradition acknowledges persons with the disability and how the  faith
> tradition  chooses how it promotes inclusion with the differently abled
> individuals.
>
> Most of the articles do come from the Jewish/Christian faith traditions. I
> am seeking to find any scholarly articles within our own Islamic tradition
> that can explain how disability plays a roll in our Islamic faith
> tradition. I have not come across any major works on this subject, Islam
> and disability as a major theme. Or have I come across someone who has a
> disability explaining about how Islam has affected them to acknowledge how
> their faith tradition supports them despite their disability.
>
> I want to note their site is knew and they are also looking for feedback
> on the accessibility of the sight with screen-reader  users.
>
> To often, I was the only Muslim in the room with a disability at these
> conferences, last time it went up to 3 persons for which the other 2 went
> back home to their country.
>
> I feel really disheartened that our Islamic communities do not care about
> disability within our faith  tradition and it really  says something when a
> Catholic priest has to speak for us because we are not at the table to
> discuss the intersectionality  of faith and disability within the Islamic
> tradition.  The Reverend Father did do a good job based on what he knew
>  and he did say that it was not a first hand interpretation and he told us
> where to try to find out more. I want to add it was well, contact the local
> masjid. I was kind of cringing from that statement, that is the last place
> I would ever go to ask about disability issues within the Islamic community!
>
>
>
> I believe it would have been better if our own imams and Shaikhs were
> actually the ones who were their to answer the questions on this subject.
> Especially for the question and answer sessions.
>
> I did try to ask them to come, no one responded; that is just another
> signal that disability is not considered as a note worthy topic of
> discussion and was not worth their time. Or they did not have the knowledge
> being  sought.
>
> So if anyone has these scholarly articles, please can you provide it
> inshallah. Please provide the Chicago formatted citation; not just
> something the uncles wrote. Please make sure it is something you have read
> and you would not mind sharing. You are representing yourself as a Muslim
> to the entire interfaith network on disability community. So if someone has
> a question, be prepared to have some answers!
>
>
>
> https://disabilitytheologyresources.com/
>
> Jazak Allahu khaira
>
>
>
>
>
> fee amanAllah
>
>
>
> sister Heather
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