Muhammad al-Rhazi, an influential doctor and physiologist was born during the Islamic Golden Age which spanned from the 8th century to the 13th century. He lived from 865 to 925 AD. Al-Rhazi travelled across the Eastern hemisphere all the way from Pakistan to Spain, to Saudi Arabia, Iran, and North African countries such as Algeria, Morocco, and Egypt, spreading his ideas and information. Al-Rhazi significantly changed the world of alchemy and medicine by pursuing and eventually dominating his career as a writer, scientist, medical doctor, and chemist.
Al-Rhazi at first was actually a musician until his 30s when he went to hospitals and schools in Rayy…show more content… Unlike previous alchemists, he helped transform the mystical and ambiguous world of alchemy into the more scientifically grounded world of chemistry. His method of substance classification showed concrete research on his part. Al-Asrar, his most famous and recognized book written to field questions from al-Rhazi’s friend Abu Mohammed b. Al-Rhazi wrote his most famous and well-recognized book, Al-Asrar (translated as The Secret), in response to questions about classification posed by his friend Abu Mohammed Yunis, a Muslim mathematician, philosopher and natural scientist. In this book, Al-Rhazi divides "matter" into three categories. The first category was knowledge and identification of plant, animal and mineral origin drug components and their uses in medical treatment. The second was knowledge of equipment and tools used by alchemist and apothecary. The third was knowledge of seven alchemical techniques: waxing, precipitations of sulfur, sublimation and condensation of mercury, salts, glass, talc, shells and the arsenic calculation of minerals like gold, lead and…show more content… In The Philosophical Approach he wrote about the idea that there is life after death full of happiness and devoid of suffering. Similar to Christian beliefs regarding this posthumous life, he felt that spiritual integrity was closely linked to physical health. Because death is inevitable, he states, people should not become fearful of it. A good and honorable man who respects the Islamic Shari’ah should have nothing to fear because of the resulting happiness in his
