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Journal of Nature and Science of Medicine, 2022
Islam's teachings emphasize maintaining personal hygiene and isolating sick people, both of which are crucial in the present COVID-19 pandemic. Between the seventh through the fifteenth centuries, Islamic and Arab civilizations produced significant advancements in science and medicine. These discoveries laid the groundwork for the development of the European Renaissance. In Islam, maintaining one's personal cleanliness and hygiene is a duty that Muslims have to do in order to worship Allah (God). In universal outbreaks like plague pandemics, Islam recognized the risks and mandated precautions, prevention, and hygienic isolation. Islam took the lead in pioneering several health protection practices, such as the quarantine rule. If a contagious sickness manifests in a certain area or town, Prophet Muhammad instructed to forbid entry or exit to the affected town, now known as a quarantine. The first documented application of quarantine, as we currently know, it was implemented by the Muslim scholar Avicenna. According to Islam, protecting living creatures' lives equals protecting the faith. Therefore, all needed measures to reduce the risk of infection, including vaccines, should be rigorously applied in Islam. In this viewpoint, we discuss Islamic beliefs, the Prophet's practices and teachings, and Muslim scholars' contributions to lowering infections and putting specific regulations in place during pandemics that supplemented the development of infection control rules as we know them in modern medical practices via using the best available evidence.
Muslims Responses to Pandemics: Lessons from the Best Generation
IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia, 2020
The world is currently suffering from another episode of respiratory disease pandemic as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) spares no continent. The disease which is caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, has so far claimed many lives in multiple countries, including Muslim majority nations like Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. The situation has become a significant public health concern with several measures being carried out in an attempt to break the chain of the virus transmission. These include the introduction of movement control order and total lock down across the world. The closure of places of worship including mosques have raised concerns and inconvenience to Muslims. Pandemics are not unprecedented in the history of mankind as several documented outbreaks like the plague pandemic in the mid fourteenth century also known as ‘the Black Death’, caused a demographic decline in both Muslim and Christian countries which led to millions of lives loss worldwide. We attempt to identify the ...
Islamic Perspective of Plagues and Pandemics
International journal of humanities, social sciences and education, 2022
The infectious disease coronavirus COVID-19 which was declared by World Health Organization to be a pandemic when it became clear that the illness was severe and that it was spreading quickly over a wide area. Muslims look up to their Holy Book and teachings of their Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for guidance under all the circumstances. These are the major source of religious law and moral guidance. This research work will give an overview of the Muslim attitude towards plagues and pandemics until the beginning of the 20 th century, and will cover how Islamic teachings can guide people to manage pandemics like COVID-19 and other variants, also it explores Muslim scriptures bringing forth precepts suggested to cope with such disasters. It is argued that precautionary measures, including isolation, quarantine, sanitation, and necessary immunization recommended by the World Health Organization, are the religious duties of Muslims. Additionally, Islamic scriptures advise various spiritual practices to its adherents, saving them from problems such as depression and mental distortion.
Critical Investigation on the Pandemic from the Islamic Perspective
Afkar: Jurnal Akidah & Pemikiran Islam, 2022
Since the emergence of the global challenges of COVID-19 pandemic, its impact could be widely viewed in various human society aspects, such as education, business trading and also social interaction limit. Apart from many discussions on the pandemic from a wide range of such perspectives, scholarly attention is still rarely mainly in trying to elaborate the critical overview from an Islamic perspective following theological, historical, and sociological points of view. In this paper, the critical elaboration of the pandemic has been widely discussed by analysing the contents of sacred scriptures and responses from an Islamic point of view. The literature was critically conducted from religious sources such as the Qur’an and Hadith, and also related contemporary works. The finding reveals that the pandemic has been given full attention as stated in the Qur’an and narrated in Hadith by taking a lesson from pandemics and strategically battling the pandemic. The following attentions were addressed in order to strengthen the Muslim community and society in order to support the health protocols arranged by the local and international health organizations. The value is that religion’s clear comprehension could give continued support to encourage the Muslim community especially and general society at large in the attempts to battle the spreading pandemic.
Islamic Preparation for the Pandemic of Deadly Diseases: Preparing for the Next Pandemic
Multilingual academic journal of education and social sciences, 2022
The pandemic of deadly diseases has challenged the world's management system on a large scale. Severe uncertainty ensued about adaptation to the pandemic, resulting in more lives not being saved. But the literature on adaptation and quantification strategies is still limited. This study is qualitative, by analyzing the literature to find out the Islamic approach to facing pandemics. Our study generalizes Islamic strategies in dealing with pandemics of deadly diseases before, during, and after pandemics. This study found that the Islamic strategy of dealing with a deadly disease pandemic is by staying away from acts of immorality, a well-established spiritual preparation. In addition, strict enforcement action of soup to the community during a pandemic to make sure the spread of the epidemic can be controlled. Islam offers a combined approach of spiritual, physical, emotional, and intellectual care in the face of a pandemic of deadly diseases. We propose pandemic-related guidelines in a holistic form for future research.
COVID-19 Pandemic: An Islamic Analysis
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The study's purpose is to analyse the prevention of the Covid-19 Pandemic in the light of the Holy-Qur'an and Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh)’s Sunnah. Just as a Pandemic, disaster, or calamity in the world has some external causes, it also has some internal and subtle reasons. Islam considers the plague as a punishment in a natural and broad sense; simultaneously, Islam believes this epidemic to be a test and a warning for the believer. Besides, Islam thinks that dangers and calamities happen according to Almighty Allah's judgment. Islam always gives the idea of a healthy-capable human group. There are 'Kitabut Tib' or medical chapters in almost all Hadith texts regarding the importance of health and treatment. The golden branch of Islam was the development of a particular scripture called the Prophet in Tibet. If there is a Pandemic in a specific area, Islam prescribes quarantine and lockdown. Modern medical systems embraced this warning fourteen hundred years ago as t...
The Covid 19 And The Likes Of Possible Pandemic: An Islamic Way To Earnest Prophylaxis
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This paper, examines the Covid 19 pandemic and its future predictable like the deadly influenza virus, showcasing the Islamic-social measures to deal with such viruses with references to its events in history. The research traced back centuries in the history of the world to identify similar case studies. In the history of humans, there is Hong Kong/68 (H3N2) pandemic, and when the Russian contagious disease strain (HINI) resurfaced in 1977, the contagious disease family originated from mammals and several other animals. Hence, the study established the fact that Islam prescribes different measures to contain it. Muslim folks and others should take good care of their health by eating a balanced diet and maintaining good health habits in their bodies and places of worship. Descriptive and doctrinal methods are adopted to explain the Islamic perspective and some social strategies for dealing with pandemics. Finally, it is recommended that the provision provided in the Islamic objecti...
A Study of the Islamic Strategies for Prevention and Management of Pandemic Diseases (COVID-19)
2020
Islam is the religion of all ages. It is adaptive, assimilative and accommodating religion that provides its adherents an unparalleled blueprint to lead an exemplary life. It guides its followers about every aspect of life, be it of past, present and future. Therefore, a true believer always looks towards Islam whenever he encounters any calamity or catastrophe. The latest outbreak of COVID-19 also warrants moving towards Islamic teachings for coping strategies. Corona virus, for sure, is an apocalypse for humanity. The aim of this article therefore, is to analyze the guidelines that Islam provides to its followers, for prevention and management of the pandemic. The paper reveals that, what today immunologists and the WHO are suggesting as preventive measures in order to remain protected from global contagion, were also advised by Prophet Muhammad (SAW) about 1500 years back. In addition to these, Islam recommended seeking medical treatment, intake of good foods and drinks, supplica...
The Covid 19 The Likes of Possible Pandemic: An Islamic Way to Earnest Prophylaxis
1, 2023
This paper, examines the Covid 19 pandemic and its future predictable like the deadly influenza virus, showcasing the Islamic-social measures to deal with such viruses with references to its events in history. The research traced back centuries in the history of the world to identify similar case studies. In the history of humans, there is Hong Kong/68 (H3N2) pandemic, and when the Russian contagious disease strain (HINI) resurfaced in 1977, the contagious disease family originated from mammals and several other animals. Hence, the study established the fact that Islam prescribes different measures to contain it. Muslim folks and others should take good care of their health by eating a balanced diet and maintaining good health habits in their bodies and places of worship. Descriptive and doctrinal methods are adopted to explain the Islamic perspective and some social strategies for dealing with pandemics. Finally, it is recommended that the provision provided in the Islamic objective before the secular policy and development programs should be correctly implemented to save lives, even prior to disease challenges. While Muslims are also urged to understand their religion and every human should be a law-abiding citizen to tackle the menace of pandemics around the world.
2021
The present paper is an attempt to explore the challenges faced by the Muslims during Corona Virus Pandemic. This Virus originated from Wuhan China and now it has turned out to be a global pandemic. The major current studies conducted on Covid-19 are either related to its impact on global economy or its impact on education system. To date back, there is a dearth of study regarding the impacts of COVID-19 on Muslims faith all around the world. This paper fills in this gap and explores the Islamic perspectives of dealing any pandemic. The discussion concludes that Islam long before gave methods of cleanliness, quarantine and self-protection which are now being proven by the scientific research.