Reconciling the two hadiths: (Flee from the leper) and the hadith: (There is no contagion and no bad omen)
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[Reconciling the two hadiths: (Flee from the leper) and the hadith: (There is no contagion and no bad omen)]
How do we reconcile the two hadiths: (Flee from the leper as you would flee from a lion) and (There is no contagion and no bad omen) ?
Reconciling his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): (Flee from the leper as you would flee from a lion) ,And his statement: (There is no contagion and no bad omen) is that upon reflection, there is no contradiction between them.
So the first hadith: (Flee from the leper) the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended by this that a person should avoid the causes of danger.
And the second hadith: He intended to clarify that if it were to happen that he contracted a contagion, then this contagion occurred by the permission of Allah, and it is not as the Arabs believed, that it transmits itself, but rather it is by the command of Allah (Mighty and Majestic),So the negation in his saying: (There is no contagion and no bad omen) means: negating its effect except by the permission of Allah, not negating its existence, for contagion does exist, and everyone knows that some diseases are highly contagious.
How do we reconcile the two hadiths: (Flee from the leper as you would flee from a lion) and (There is no contagion and no bad omen) ?
Reconciling his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): (Flee from the leper as you would flee from a lion) ,And his statement: (There is no contagion and no bad omen) is that upon reflection, there is no contradiction between them.
So the first hadith: (Flee from the leper) the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended by this that a person should avoid the causes of danger.
And the second hadith: He intended to clarify that if it were to happen that he contracted a contagion, then this contagion occurred by the permission of Allah, and it is not as the Arabs believed, that it transmits itself, but rather it is by the command of Allah (Mighty and Majestic),So the negation in his saying: (There is no contagion and no bad omen) means: negating its effect except by the permission of Allah, not negating its existence, for contagion does exist, and everyone knows that some diseases are highly contagious.