SHARIAH AND MEDICAL MEASURES TO PREVENT THE EMERGING CORONA (COVID-19): AN ANALYTICAL STUDY

Abstract

The affliction of worshippers is a fixed Sunnah that has been passed by Allah in all of His creation. Allah has in his Noble Book, reported many types of calamities that plague His servants, and from this affliction: epidemics such as plague. People have known epidemics and plagues since ancient times, and it still applies to people to this day, all people witnessed Covid-19. Allah would not send down a disease to His servants except that He sent down a cure for it, Therefore, it is imperative for the Islamic nation to follow the instructions and measures urged by the Islamic religion, especially since medical practitioners have not found any effective treatment to prevent the infection. Even though it has reached the level of vaccines, but the transmission of infection has not been prevented. Therefore, these measures and instructions remain the mainstay of prevention and protection from it. This research aims to clarify the Shariah and medical preventive measures (Covid-19), and study them as an analytical study. To achieve this goal; the researcher followed the inductive and analytical approach, The researcher concluded that among the Shariah measures to prevent epidemics are: quarantine, fleeing from lepers, avoiding handshakes, purification, placing a hand or a garment over the mouth when sneezing, fermentation of vessels and potting of pots, abstinence from immorality and disobedience, enjoining good and forbidding evil, and adherence to supplications and remembrances. Similarly, among the medical measures to prevent the corona epidemic are the following: taking care of hygiene, washing hands, using disinfectants, wearing masks and gloves, social distancing, and applying home quarantine for those infected with colds, avoid direct contact with them.
 Keywords: Shariah, medica, measures, protection, (Covid-19).