Author(s):
Muhammad Abdulqadir, muhammadabdulqadir36@gmail.com,
Fadimatu Bobboji, fadimatubobboji@gmail.com,
Abstract:
This paper examines some of the important ethical questions that emerged in connection with the COVID19 pandemic in light of the various Muslim responses to this global emergency. It focuses on the ethical
discussions concerning the main measures that have been taken to fight the disease, which can be divided
into two main categories: preventive and therapeutic. The paper also addresses measures taken to handle
the dead bodies of deceased patients in a proper and dignified manner, according to relevant Islamic norms.
The paper traces the background of these discussions in classical normative discourses, with a particular
focus on the issue of the plague and also the issue of medical treatment. The paper argues that Islamic
responses to the Covid-19 pandemic echo a longstanding two-pronged moral concern in the Islamic
normative tradition with regard to pandemic situations; namely, to balance: the religious and metaphysical
dimensions of the scriptural sources with the practical implications of real incidents of plagues and
pandemics; and the interests of individuals against the collective interests of groups and societies
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