Such had been the condition of medicine before Islam arrived. The Messenger of Allah (SAWS) urged Muslims to seek remedy, as Allah has created no disease without its treatment, except for one disease, namely senility.
The Messenger of Allah (SAWS) used honey, dates, natural herbs and various other things for medical treatment, which is known as the ‘Prophetic Medicine’. However, Muslims, although they were acquainted with the prophetic medicine, did not stop there. They realized in an early stage that secular sciences, including medicine, needed continuous studying and researching into other cultures. Muslim physicians knew all about Greek Medicine through the conquered countries. The Caliphs used to bring the Roman physicians whose medical works were translated into Arabic by Muslims.
During the era of the Umayyad Caliphate, Muslim physicians were the first to organize specialities; they were ophthalmologists, surgeons, , gynecologists, etc. This era was characterized by the construction of hospitals and by its effective, well-known Islamic physicians such as, Abul-Hakam ad-Damashkiy, a family dominating the medical profession, Tyazuoq who was close to al-Hajaj Ibn-Youssuf al-Thaqafiyy and Ahmad Ibn-Ibrahim who was Yazeed Ibn-Abdul- Malek, the Umayyad caliph’s special physician.
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