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IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-511: MADINAH TERPELIHARA DARIPADA WABAK?
How can an epidemic such as COVID-19 enter Madinah when a hadith says Madinah is protected from epidemics?
Short answer
The hadith stating that Madinah is protected from plague (ta'un) is authentic, reported by al-Bukhari and Muslim, so it cannot be rejected because COVID-19 cases were reported there.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hadith
- Topic
- Quran & Hadith
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
The hadith stating that Madinah is protected from plague (ta'un) is authentic, reported by al-Bukhari and Muslim, so it cannot be rejected because COVID-19 cases were reported there. The protection applies specifically to ta'un, since every ta'un is an epidemic but not every epidemic is ta'un. Other epidemics such as COVID-19 may therefore enter Madinah, and a report in al-Bukhari about a fast-killing illness in Madinah is cited in support.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Untuk meleraikan persoalan ini, kami simpulkan wabak ta'un secara khusus sama sekali tidak akan memasuki Madinah sebagaimana yang disebutkan oleh Imam al-Nawawi.
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-511: MADINAH TERPELIHARA DARIPADA WABAK?”, 20 October 2020. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-al-hadith/4629-irsyad-al-hadith-siri-ke-511-madinah-terpelihara-daripada-wabak. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/can-covid-19-enter-madinah-hadith-protection/