SOCIAL SUPPORT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE INTELLECTUAL HERITAGE OF EASTERN THINKERS

Abstract

This article examines the issue of support for persons with disabilities in the intellectual heritage of Eastern thinkers, jurists, and statesmen. Drawing on sources in Islamic jurisprudence, moral education, and public administration, the study demonstrates that the treatment of vulnerable social groups was regarded as an important criterion of justice. In particular, the article analyzes how compassion, material support, labor inclusion, tax relief, and social protection were reflected in the works of al-Marghinani, Abu Nasr al-Farabi, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Nizam al-Mulk, Amir Temur, and later authors. The study argues that within Eastern intellectual thought, persons with disabilities were not viewed as people who should remain outside society, but rather as individuals who must stand at the center of social attention, dignity, and protection.