ArchivesYou bet your Life; Health Insurance illegal: Islamic body
6 Apr, 2008, 1806 hrs IST, PTI
NEW DELHI: Comparing the benefits of health insurance ...
Health Insurance illegal: Islamic body
6 Apr, 2008, 1806 hrs IST, PTI
NEW DELHI: Comparing the benefits of health insurance policy to gambling, key Islamic organisations have termed the policies as "illegal" and directed Muslims to keep away from them.
At a seminar to deliberate whether insuring health was permissible under Islamic law Shariat, the Islamic Fiqh Academy (India) decided that availing such policies was illegal.
Representatives from around 300 Madrasas, including Darul Uloom Deoband, Jamiat Islami participated in the three-day meet, where they reached a conclusion that seeking insurance cover was only another form of gambling.
Aside, from being unethical, that logic is just terrible. NOT having health insurance is just gambling that nothing bad will happen to you. Having health insurance lets you pay a smaller amount to eliminate the risk.
__________________ He'd be right at home on some ancient battlefield, swinging an axe into somebody's face.
Well, the Islamic people who have sense will see a way around this. No Islamic person is supposed to collect interest on money he lends, but they find ways around that.
A government big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away. - Barry Goldwater 
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