COVID-19 PANDEMIC MANAGEMENT ACCORDING TO PROPHETIC SUNNAH

Abstract

Prophetic sunnah has long laid down guidelines and methods that can be used in handling pandemics. The whole world, including Malaysia, has taken precautions and adopted more efficient self-management practices, including the funeral of COVID-19 infected victims since the pandemic began. Even so, there are still countries that do not practice good self-management during the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic and have caused increased mortality rates. This paper aims to identify the level of knowledge of the general public in Malaysia, and will also analyses the way of self-management and handling of the remains of Muslims during the spread of infectious diseases in this country according to Islamic principles. The method used in this writing is through a survey to the public to measure the level of public understanding of self-management and handling of the remains of Muslims during the spread of infectious diseases. Library research methods are also used to look at the views of jurists to find conclusions related to the mechanism of self-management and handling of corpses according to Islamic principles. Focused interviews with medico-legal experts as well as muftis were also significant in this writing to support the findings of the study. The results of this study found that most Muslims in Malaysia have a high level of understanding of self-management and handling of corpses during the pandemic, but there are still a handful of the general public who do not have sufficient knowledge onthis matter. This article also found that Malaysia has successfully applied the mechanism of self-management and handling funerals of Muslims in curbing the spread of COVID-19 infectious diseases in a way that complies with Islamic principles.