vaccination

yesterday, i met a couple

came in with their 6 weeks newborn. the issue ...... refused vaccination.

well, being in public health, seeing around 40-50 patients per day, of course sometimes i will end up seeing patient with weird complaint. but about parents that refused vaccination to their child, it was not a new issue.

so yesterday, i got a chance to met them. just to clear up my confusion and also try get to know the reason behind it.

first...most of the parents that refused the vaccination come from a family that had a strong religious background. father will come with turban and mother with her purdah. so is it had a religious issue behind it? most probably.

so i asked the mother, "are u vaccinated when u were a child?" and the answer was "yes"

*interesting

then next question, "may i know why u refused the vaccination to your child. it is quite weird for me to see the mother vaccinated during the childhood but decided not to do the same thing to her child?"

and she came out with the answer "syubhah". it was a arabic word that carried a meaning of doubful.

in simple way, u had a doubt about the halal status of one thing, and the best thing is to avoid using it.

yes, i did my part after that. explained to her about how the vaccine been made, the benefit the kids will get from vaccination and almost all kids in malaysia been through the same thing. if it is not halal, i dont think the majlis fatwa malaysia will approved it.

well it was a very long explanation. very long one because i ended up in that clinic until 6pm.

and as expected, i got the answer "NO"

i cant forced them to accept it. they were the parents. and i was a doctor. and i believe that i already did what i should do in that case.

but it leaved a question in my head. i am a muslim. they also muslims. but why we came out with a different views about this?

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i saw this in FB and i like to share it.

Apabila seorang doktor memberi nasihat tentang sesuatu isu yang jelas berkenaan dengan ilmu perubatan (contoh: vaksin) dengan memberikan penjelasan dan huraian berdasarkan apa yang telah dipelajarinya dia dituduh

1) tidak yakin dengan hari kiamat atau takdir Allah
2) menganggungkan zionis dan yahudi
3) tidak mengendahkan jihad saudara se-Islam
4) menyokong biological weapons musuh-musuh Islam
5) buta mata dan buta hati

Astaghfirullahulazim.

Saya sedih. Bukankah kita sangat memerlukan doktor-doktor muslim yang berwibawa? Kalau begitu, mengapa bila doktor muslim berbicara tentang ilmu perubatan, kami dituduh begitu sekali? Kami juga mempunyai tanggungjawab untuk menyampaikan apa yang kami tahu. Itu antara yang akan disoal nanti. Saya tidak faham mengapa sangat susah untuk menerima pandangan doktor perubatan dalam soal ilmu perubatan sedangkan Allah berfirman

“فسألو اهل الذكر ان كنتم لاتعلمون” – (Al-Anbiya, 21:7)
“Bertanyalah kpd yg mengetahui (ahli dlm sesuatu bidang) jika kamu tidak mengetahui!”

Sudah tentu ilmu manusia itu terbatas tetapi tidakkah mereka yang mempelajari ilmu itu dengan mendalam dan berjuang setiap hari dalam bidang itu sekurang-kurangnya harus diberi ruang untuk berkongsi apa yang mereka pelajari?

Sekiranya setiap ilmu "dunia" itu secara automatik dilabel sebagai tidak islamik, saya yang kofius, hati siapa yang tertutup sebenarnya.