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Fatwa issued to assuage Muslims that they can take COVID vaccine during Ramzan

April 14, 2021
The Commune

As Muslims across the world start the month of Ramzan fast, a Fatwa had to be issued that validates Muslims to take the COVID-19 vaccine. 

Islamic scholars had said this on Tuesday (13 April) as they appealed to Muslims to take the shots during the ‘roza’ period.

The fatwa was issued by the prominent Islamic seminary Farangi Mahal in Lucknow and it states COVID-19 vaccines can be taken during Ramzan.

Even UNICEF Sout Asia sent out a tweet supporting that the COVID-19 vaccine is Halal, although the makers of the vaccine have not received any Halal certification from any Islamic authority.

 

“The vaccine enters blood vessels and not the stomach. Therefore, taking it does not affect ‘roza’. Only because of ‘roza’, Muslims should not avoid taking the COVID-19 vaccine,” states the edict issued by Darul Ifta Farangi Mahal.

As per reports in Business Standard, the Islamic seminary had to issue a fatwa after a question was raised by one Abdul Rashid Kidwai, a resident of Madhya Pradesh who wanted the Islamic religious mandate if he could take the second vaccine shot as he had taken the first vaccine shot before the start of Ramzan.

That is why a Fatwa had to be issued to validate that believers will not violate any tenets of Islam by taking the dose during the Ramzan period.

Jammu and Kashmir’s Grand Mufti Nasir-Ul-Islam also Muslims who are fasting can have the Covid vaccine shot without worrying about it invalidating his fast and according to the Mufti “the vaccine does not have any nutritional value and is allowed to be administered during fasting”.

“The vaccine is not considered food or drink. It would not give a person the energy to fight hunger”, he said.

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