The Ruling on Vaccination and Its Relationship to Reliance upon Allah
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Question:
Is vaccination for a period before it has arrived considered appropriate for reliance upon Allah, and is it abandonment?
Answer:
No, this is a form of prevention, so there is nothing wrong with it. If the vaccination is with a permissible medicine, there is nothing wrong with it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that when a disease occurs in a land, one should go ahead of it; this is prevention. He said, “I do not want to fall ill on my own”; this is prevention. Taking the protective measures against diseases, and these measures are permissible, so there is nothing wrong with them.
Is vaccination for a period before it has arrived considered appropriate for reliance upon Allah, and is it abandonment?
Answer:
No, this is a form of prevention, so there is nothing wrong with it. If the vaccination is with a permissible medicine, there is nothing wrong with it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that when a disease occurs in a land, one should go ahead of it; this is prevention. He said, “I do not want to fall ill on my own”; this is prevention. Taking the protective measures against diseases, and these measures are permissible, so there is nothing wrong with them.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - الفوزان - أسئلة وأ،جوبة - 07 — archive.org (4:21)
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