al-Tawjihat al-Sahiha lil-Nawazil al-Aqdiyya al-Mutaalliqa bi-Waba Korona

al-Tawjihat al-Sahiha lil-Nawazil al-Aqdiyya al-Mutaalliqa bi-Waba Korona (Correct Directives for Doctrinal Precedents Regarding the Coronavirus Pandemic) is a contemporary treatise on Islamic creed and jurisprudence of crises written by Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Hadi al-Hammami and published in 1443 AH / 2021 CE al-Tawjihat al-Sahiha lil….

Background and Purpose

The author composed the work to address various theological errors, religious innovations, and misinterpretations that emerged among Muslims during the COVID-19 pandemic al-Tawjihat al-Sahiha lil…+1. Al-Hammami situates pandemics within the Islamic worldview as divine trials decreed by God's wisdom and destiny, noting that the benchmark for dealing with epidemics without theological deviation was established by the Companions during the Plague of Amwas in 18 AH under the caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab al-Tawjihat al-Sahiha lil…+1. The book defines a contemporary precedent (nazila) as a newly arisen, urgent occurrence requiring a legal determination, and distinguishes between general epidemics (waba') and the specific bubonic plague (ta'un) al-Tawjihat al-Sahiha lil…+1.

Structure and Content

The treatise is arranged into an introductory section (tamhid) followed by discussions of ten specific doctrinal issues (nawazil) al-Tawjihat al-Sahiha lil…:

• Introductory section: Defining doctrinal crisis issues concerning the pandemic, and outlining the medical and textual distinctions between the coronavirus and the plague al-Tawjihat al-Sahiha lil…+1.
• The ten contemporary issues:
  1. Doctrinal violations at graves and shrines to seek cure from the virus al-Tawjihat al-Sahiha lil…+1.
  2. Uttering innovated supplications and formulas for prevention al-Tawjihat al-Sahiha lil…+1.
  3. Unlawful forms of intercession (tawassul) to alleviate the affliction al-Tawjihat al-Sahiha lil….
  4. Misapplying textual scriptural evidence to the pandemic al-Tawjihat al-Sahiha lil….
  5. Abandoning scriptural evidence in favor of purely rational justifications al-Tawjihat al-Sahiha lil….
  6. Demands to rely solely on medical treatment while repudiating religious practices al-Tawjihat al-Sahiha lil….
  7. Claims that the coronavirus is foretold in the Qur'an, such as strained readings of Surat al-Muddaththir al-Tawjihat al-Sahiha lil…+1.
  8. Assertions that the virus was exclusively manufactured by humans al-Tawjihat al-Sahiha lil….
  9. Astrology and false claims of knowing the unseen regarding the timeline of the epidemic al-Tawjihat al-Sahiha lil…+1.
  10. Obligations of hearing and obeying governing authorities concerning public health orders and precautionary regulations al-Tawjihat al-Sahiha lil…+1.