02-04-2016

This document is addressed to the Emir of the Hisba Center in Aleppo. It requires him to abandon the term ‘legal’ for midwives, usually called ‘legal midwives’.

The document points out that the term ‘legal’ had been used by the Syrian regime, which it calls “the infidel Nusayri regime.” It explains that the term indicates that a midwife obtained a license to work under “man-made law,” and this “is a foreign concept to Islam.” All claims to human law are considered violations of divine law.

The document orders that the term ‘legal’ be replaced by the term ‘authorized’ or ‘licensed’, following the practice of the Health Diwan.

An appendix contains Quranic verses and a set of hadith and stories to show that the Prophet changed certain names and titles which he deemed in violation of sharia, including names that direct worship to anyone other than God, or titles such as ‘King of Kings’ or ‘Shahan Shah’.

Documents Concerning the Health Sector