["Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView. ", "\nABSTRACT\nIslamic bioethics is a recent, albeit growing, academic discipline. Despite commendable contributions, the field remains critically limited. Most notably, its methodology of strict application of Islamic law to ethical analyses and recommendations often lacks sufficient moral analysis, intellectual engagement, or social context. The practice's emphasis on religio‐legal rulings‐ without an investigation of their underpinning moral values‐ has resulted in a field of inquiry devoid of robust normative foundations and dependent upon ineffective and unsubstantiated claims. This paper calls for a revival of Islamic philosophical discourse to enrich Islamic bioethical practice. Although once popularized by Medieval Muslim philosophers like Ibn Sina (Avicenna) and Ibn Rushd (Averroes), philosophical discourse has fallen out of favor in the Muslim world, largely due to a perceived tension with religion. This work highlights the rich tradition of philosophical discourse in the Medieval Muslim world, disproving claims of an inherent conflict between philosophy and Islam. Following an Islamic philosophical framework, three goals for Islamic bioethics are established. First, theoretical rigor aimed at continually re‐assessing and re‐understanding concepts integral to the practice of bioethics such as personhood, dignity, futility, autonomy, and justice. Second, a shift from essentialist understandings of the Quran‐ and other sources of Islamic law‐ to more contextual examinations in the formulation of ethical opinions. Third, an active and interdisciplinary collaboration between Muslim scholars in the determination of Islamic rulings on medical matters. Only when these goals are met is the practice of Islamic bioethics capable of meeting the needs of Muslim patients and clinicians.\n"]