Mufti Menk – It’s Not Just About BELIEVING In Allah

When we I was born and raised in

Zimbabwe. From birth, I was vaccinated with whatever

vaccines we had to be vaccinated with. That

which was voluntary, we didn't take it. That

which we had to take, we took. So

be it the BCG,

at some point the TB boost and the

TB,

at some point the cholera, at some point

the measles,

at some point

meningitis. When I lived in Saudi Arabia, almost

every year for Hajj, they gave us those

vaccines. I've been throughout my life, I've had

so many. And so

the way that works is the old classical

way of vaccination. Islamic

perspective, there's nothing haram, absolutely haram. And from

an Islamic perspective, there's nothing haram,

absolutely haram. People say there's pork in it,

nonsense. There's fetuses in it, nonsense. There is

alcohol in it, rubbish. There is this that

is nonsense. That is actually unfounded,

you know, that which people have just taken

from the air, thin air. And you know

what? If you disagree, no problem. You have

the right to disagree.

I have checked things. When something is made

synthetically, it is not considered

from a pig or it is not considered

from, for example,

a fetus.

I have enzymes in my belly. The same

enzymes could be present in the bellies of

animals. That doesn't mean that I'm taking an

animal and drinking it. It's in my belly

too. And sometimes I need a certain,

for example,

components. I need something within me to combat

a certain thing, medication.

Why do we have medicine? Why do you

have your cough mixtures, your paracetamol,

everything else? Why on earth do you have

any medication? Your antihistamines,

your anesthetics

for example,

be it

local or general. Why do you even visit

the hospital? Why do you go to the

doctors?

Why on earth do you have people who

give you any form of medication? Why do

you even have natural medication? For what? Why

are you having a lemon when you have

why are you gargling with salt water when

you have a sore throat? Right? Rely on

Allah. Come on. Why the lemon? I mean,

don't you believe in Allah? Why do you

eat to survive? Don't you believe in Allah?

Why do you have food in your mouth?

Do you not believe?

You've become a non Muslim.

How could you eat something? Don't you rely

on Allah to you alive? If death is

gonna come to you, it's gonna come to

you anyway. Come on guys, you're gonna die.

If Allah's written death for you and if

Allah has not written it for you, then

you're not gonna die.

Die. So why bother anything? I mean, you

know, like I said why eat?

Why use

garlic, turmeric? Why have anything and everything? For

what? When the prophet told us have black

seed oil, why did he say that? Did

he not believe in Allah? Why on earth

did he say have black seed oil when

Allah is all powerful, all able? Why didn't

he just rely on Allah and lay his

trust on Allah without the black seed oil?

Why did he actually when black seed oil

has an element of chloroquine in it.

And why that? I mean, come on. So

if someone took out the chloroquine and gave

it to me separately, would it or would

it not be permissible? My brothers and sisters,

enough of all that. Because part of belief

in Allah is to do what He has

asked you to do in order to protect

yourself, to save yourself. You visit the doctor,

you have your paracetamol, your amoxylin, your zithromax,

whatever else it may be.