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The view of maqasid al-shari’ah on vaccination: a systematic literature review
Wan Norshira Wan Mohd Ghazali1, Ainul Syahidah Shaari2, Ahmad Muhammad Husain3, Shafizan Mohamed4, Mohd Helmi Yusoh5, Nur shakira Mohd Nasir6, Nursafira Ahmad Safian7.
Little is known about strategic communication interventions that uses Islamic data,
sources, and arguments to address vaccine misunderstanding that leads to vaccine hesitancy
phenomenon. Aiming to develop a strategic communication approach to counter the
widespread misunderstanding on vaccination related to religious matters, a systematic
literature review was conducted by synthesising Islamic data sources and arguments from
relevant religious publications, statements, and fatwas. Using a modified framework known as
PICo (Population, Interest, Context) to design the main research questions, 46 studies from
Google Scholar, MyCite, Scopus, Ebscohost, and Fatwa databases were reviewed in this
research. The study found that maqasid al-shari’ah appeared to be one of the sources of Islamic
laws used to support and encourage vaccine uptake globally. Therefore, this paper will present
the five maqasid al-shari’ah that were used to argue the need of vaccination in protecting the
basic goals of Islamic law. They were the protection of religion (Hifz al-din), life (hifz al-nafs),
intellectual (hifz al-‘aql), lineage (hifz al-nasl), and wealth (hifz al-mal). It was discovered that,
the most widely used maqasid al-shari’ah in supporting vaccination were the protection of life
and religion since the use of vaccine helps to control and eradicate severe diseases over the
past years. In addition, scholars also argued that vaccination serves as a preventive strategy that improves Muslims’ welfare. This paper also lists out several Qur’anic verses and hadith
to support these views. Therefore, this study concludes that intervention from Islamic
perspectives is vital to help address vaccine religious concerns. Further, this will serve as an
important effort by researchers in the communication field to approach health matters using
Islamic understanding to convey that Islam is all encompassing.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin,, Malaysia
- International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) , Malaysia
- International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) , Malaysia
- International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) , Malaysia
- International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) , Malaysia
- International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) , Malaysia
- International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) , Malaysia
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