How do we reconcile the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (There is no contagion and no bad omen . .) with his saying (Flee from the leper as you would flee from a lion)?
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The questioner : How do we reconcile, O honorable Shaykh, his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Ibn Majah 3539 with his saying Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 16:270?
The Shaykh : The reconciliation between them is that his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih Muslim 2222a is a negation of what the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance used to believe, namely that diseases transmit themselves by their own nature.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Such that the disease moves from the sick person to the healthy person by itself, inevitably. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) negated that and clarified that contagion does not occur except by the permission of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), meaning that this negation includes that contagion does not occur except from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). For this reason, it was raised to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he narrated this hadith that a man brings his healthy camels to a leper camel and the camels become lepers. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) responded to this objection: Meaning, who put the disease in the first one? Was there a sick person who transmitted it to it? The answer is no, but the One who put the disease in it is Allah. The One who put the disease initially in the first sick person is the One who puts the disease a second time in the second sick person through contagion.
And on this basis, the meaning of the hadith is that there is no contagion that affects by itself, but that is by the decree of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), who made a cause for every thing. And among the causes of disease is the mixing of the sick person with the healthy person. For this reason, he said:Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 16:270 Because your mixing with him may be a cause for contagion, so the disease moves from the leper to you if you mix with him. For this reason, he said: Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 16:270 So the second hadith contains the command to avoid the causes of disease, which is mixing with the sick person. For this reason, it came in the hadith: Sahih Muslim 2221a. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. We conclude this episode with a question from a listener of the program from Riyadh, whose name is symbolized by the letters A and A, who says.
There is no ‘Adwa, no omen, no Hamah and no Safar.
لا عدوى ولا طيرة ولا هامة ولا صفرFlee from the leper as you would flee from a lion.
فر من المجذوم فرارك من الأسدThe Shaykh : The reconciliation between them is that his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
There is no transitive disease, no ill omen
لا عدوى ولا طيرةThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Such that the disease moves from the sick person to the healthy person by itself, inevitably. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) negated that and clarified that contagion does not occur except by the permission of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), meaning that this negation includes that contagion does not occur except from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). For this reason, it was raised to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he narrated this hadith that a man brings his healthy camels to a leper camel and the camels become lepers. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) responded to this objection:
So who transmitted the disease to the first one?
فمن أعدى الأول؟And on this basis, the meaning of the hadith is that there is no contagion that affects by itself, but that is by the decree of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), who made a cause for every thing. And among the causes of disease is the mixing of the sick person with the healthy person. For this reason, he said:
Flee from the leper as you would flee from a lion.
فر من المجذوم فرارك من الأسدFlee from the leper as you would flee from a lion.
فر من المجذوم فرارك من الأسدA sick person should not be taken to one who is healthy
لا يورد ممرض على مصحThe questioner : May Allah bless you. We conclude this episode with a question from a listener of the program from Riyadh, whose name is symbolized by the letters A and A, who says.