Reconciling the Two Hadiths: “There Is No Contagion” and “Flee from the Leper”
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Question:
Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. In the hadithSahih al-Bukhari 5707, how do we reconcile and combine these two hadiths?
Answer:
There is no contradiction between the two hadiths, because contagion occurs by the permission of Allah due to mixing with and touching the afflicted. However, the hadithSunan Ibn Majah 3539 means the negation of what the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) used to believe, namely that contagion happens by itself, not by the decree and destiny of Allah the Exalted. So it is a refutation of their claim that there is no contagion, no taking an omen as a bad sign, and so on, except by the permission and decree of Allah the Exalted. This does not conflict with taking the preventive measures against contagion. Yes. The listener from Algeria says:
Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. In the hadith
no 'Adwa (no contagious disease is conveyed without Allah's permission). nor is there any bad omen (from birds), nor is there any Hamah, nor is there any bad omen in the month of Safar, and one should run away from the leper as one runs away from a lion.
لا عدوى ولا طيرة ولا هامة ولا صفر وحديث آخر وفر من المجذوم فرارك من الأسدAnswer:
There is no contradiction between the two hadiths, because contagion occurs by the permission of Allah due to mixing with and touching the afflicted. However, the hadith
There is no ‘Adwa, no omen, no Hamah and no Safar.
لا عدوى ولا طيرة ولا هامة ولا صفر
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/145 — archive.org (11:56)
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