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The Use of Cannabis for Medical Treatment in Malaysia: An Analytical Study from the Fiqh Al-Muwazanat Perspective

Intan Nadiah Mahraji, Muhammad Najib Abdullah

INSLA E-Proceedings · 2023

An analysis of medical cannabis in Malaysia through fiqh al-muwazanat, the juristic weighing of competing benefit and harm, prompted by the 2022 prosecution of a man who had grown cannabis plants to treat his own bipolar disorder. The authors work from statute, official sources and the secondary literature and conclude that where no alternative medicine is available to preserve a patient's life, necessity governs and the use is permitted under maqasid sharia. Relevant to Malaysian law and to the wider question of how cannabis prohibition is argued in Muslim-majority jurisdictions.

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Published10 Dec 2023

TypeJournal article

VenueINSLA E-Proceedings

Year2023

DOI10.33102/inslae-proceedings.297

CountryMalaysia

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2023-12-10 2026-08-11 The Use of Cannabis for Medical Treatment in Malaysia: An Analytical Study from the Fiqh Al-Muwazanat Perspective Journal article Intan Nadiah Mahraji, Muhammad Najib Abdullah INSLA E-Proceedings 2023 10.33102/inslae-proceedings.297 https://doi.org/10.33102/inslae-proceedings.297 An analysis of medical cannabis in Malaysia through fiqh al-muwazanat, the juristic weighing of competing benefit and harm, prompted by the 2022 prosecution of a man who had grown cannabis plants to treat his own bipolar disorder. The authors work from statute, official sources and the secondary literature and conclude that where no alternative medicine is available to preserve a patient's life, necessity governs and the use is permitted under maqasid sharia. Relevant to Malaysian law and to the wider question of how cannabis prohibition is argued in Muslim-majority jurisdictions. Malaysia