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The Peace of God the Peace of God, the Peace of God, the Peace of God the Peace, and the great

Peace of God, the blessings and the blessings of the people and the people.

So, Tuesdays as you know we have our regular Q&A sessions and today I wanted to do something

different. Today in light of what is happening, you know, with the coronavirus with all of these

issues taking place, I want to actually get involved directly with some of the medical issues

that we're facing and raise public awareness about some of the issues that I believe all

of us within the Muslim community should be aware of.

Now if you remember a few months ago, I think it was, I gave a longer lecture and you can

find it on the Q&A section of our websites where I mentioned the various positions that

our classical scholars had about the issue of Tadalwi or availing oneself to medicine

and the necessity or lack thereof, is it wise, is it obligatory for the Muslim to avail

oneself to each and every medical procedure or is it something that is recommended or is

it better to do nothing?

And I had a very long lecture at that stage and I don't want to go over all of that again,

but just to rehash very quickly what I explained in that lecture and the evidences are in that

lecture, you'll find them online.

What I explained is that pretty much unanimous position of all of our classical and traditional

scholars is that the general concept of availing oneself to medicine, taking medication,

generally speaking, it is between Mustahab and Mubah.

It is something that is permissible and an occasion, you have the option to basically opt

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