The ruling on attributing contagious illness to contagion
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, what is your view of the one who says that the default is that there is no contagion, taking this from the hadith "There is no contagion," and that his saying "The leper is worse than a spark from a lion" was said by the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) so that if a contagious disease strikes someone, the cause of this disease is not attributed to this contagious disease?
Answer:
This is attributed to the decree of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He); it is not attributed to the contagious disease. Rather, it is attributed to the decree of Allah, and the cause is merely his proximity to the sick person, a mere cause only. This is the difference between the contagion that the Lawgiver denied and the actual, tangible contagion. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, what is your view of the one who says that the default is that there is no contagion, taking this from the hadith "There is no contagion," and that his saying "The leper is worse than a spark from a lion" was said by the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) so that if a contagious disease strikes someone, the cause of this disease is not attributed to this contagious disease?
Answer:
This is attributed to the decree of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He); it is not attributed to the contagious disease. Rather, it is attributed to the decree of Allah, and the cause is merely his proximity to the sick person, a mere cause only. This is the difference between the contagion that the Lawgiver denied and the actual, tangible contagion. Yes.
Source
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