Does the hadith of the plague indicate the confirmation of contagion?
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Question:
Does the hadith of the plague indicate the confirmation of contagion by the permission of Allah?
Answer:
It indicates that it may occur, but it is not a necessary contagion in the manner of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. It indicates that the mixing of the sick with the healthy may be a cause of illness. For this reason, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 2221a, and he said: Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 16:270.
Diseases that are customary to be transmitted are not to be mixed with their people, in the context of [al-Baqarah: 195]. They do not transmit by their nature, but by the command and permission of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). How many a healthy person has mixed with the sick and nothing has befallen him. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate with the leper at times, and said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1817Da'if (Darussalam).
The point is that regarding diseases that have been established and it is known that they are transmitted, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded to stay away from them. He said:Sahih Muslim 2221a This one has its watering place and this one has its watering place. And likewise . So diseases that are known to be transmitted, and that if a person mixes with them they are transmitted, such as scab, the owner of healthy camels does not put them with the scabby ones.
Q: Regarding the period of Hajj, sometimes it is said: one is vaccinated so that if he mixes with people...
The Shaykh: Vaccination does not contradict [the ruling]. It is from the category of medicine, so there is no harm in it. Vaccination is like what he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:. This is like vaccination. If you eat it from the beginning of the morning, it is among the causes of safety. This is of the same kind as vaccination.
Does the hadith of the plague indicate the confirmation of contagion by the permission of Allah?
Answer:
It indicates that it may occur, but it is not a necessary contagion in the manner of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. It indicates that the mixing of the sick with the healthy may be a cause of illness. For this reason, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
A sick person should not be taken to one who is healthy
لا يُورِد مُمْرِضٌ على مُصِحٍّFlee from the leper as you would flee from a lion
فِرَّ من المجذوم فرارك من الأسدDiseases that are customary to be transmitted are not to be mixed with their people, in the context of
and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]
وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِNarrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took the hand of a leper and put it in the Qas'ah. Then he said: 'Eat in Allah's Name, trusting in Allah and relying upon Him.'" [Abu 'Eisa said:] This is a Gharib Hadith, we do not know of it except through the report of Yunus bin Muhammad, from Al-Mufaddal bin Fadalah, a Shaikh from Al-Basrah. There is another Shaikh from Al-Basrah named Al-Mufaddal bin Fadalah, who is more reliable han this one and more popular. Shu'bah reported this Hadith from Habib bin Ash-Shahid, from Ibn Buraidah: "That Ibn 'Umar took the hand of a leper" and the narration of Shu'bah is more appropriate to me and more correct.
كل بسم الله ثقةً باللهThe point is that regarding diseases that have been established and it is known that they are transmitted, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded to stay away from them. He said:
A sick person should not be taken to one who is healthy
لا يُورِد مُمْرِضٌ على مُصِحٍّFlee from the leper
فر من المجذومQ: Regarding the period of Hajj, sometimes it is said: one is vaccinated so that if he mixes with people...
The Shaykh: Vaccination does not contradict [the ruling]. It is from the category of medicine, so there is no harm in it. Vaccination is like what he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever eats seven dates from Ajwa dates in the morning, neither magic nor poison will harm him
مَنْ تصبَّح بسبع تمرات من تمر عجوة لم يضره سحر ولا سُم
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