Significance and Empowerment Through Self-hygiene According to Modern Medical and the Relationship with Health in Curbing the COVID-19 Epidemic

• Published in: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control
• Main Author: Mustafa Busu Z.; Junoh N.; Hisham Z.; Muniyati Nik Din N.; Zam Nik Wan N.; Muhammad Hashim N.; Yusof Z.
• Format: Book chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2023
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85166904573&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-031-28314-7_87&partnerID=40&md5=a8eec0c8bd821a3585ec5e8e09e2ba4b

Attention to cleanliness is an essential foundation of faith. Every Muslim must maintain the cleanliness of the body and requires a mandatory mode of hygiene. The Covid-19 pandemic will bring uncertainties that affect hygiene and the necessities of healthy living. Many illnesses can be caused by inadequate (poor) domestic or personal hygiene. Poor domestic and personal hygiene practices can help the transmission of disease-causing germs. The article on hygiene and beneficial living aims to assess the level of hygiene practices among the Muslim community to protect themselves from COVID-19 infection. This research aims to find out the organization of personal hygiene and healthy living that will help maintain interest in performing duties while maintaining cleanliness in daily routines, especially during the COVID pandemic among the Muslim community. The research method used to obtain data is through library studies through journal articles, reference books, thurath books, reports, and documentation from the Ministry of Health Malaysia and State Health Department as well as interviews with referents who are experts in the field of religion and health. Therefore, we would like to study the extent of personal hygiene practices performed by Muslims through protocol interviews and observations. The results of empirical tests will provide a basis for managing mandatory tasks in moderate or adverse conditions. The findings show that (a) significant demands of personal hygiene practices according to Islamic Fiqh and its comparison according to modern medicine relate to health to protect themselves from COVID-19 infection and (b) there is a positive influence on inconsistent hygiene practices. We can take steps to develop mandatory duty activities under the new norms, mainly to prevent the transmission of any diseases, including the COVID-19 epidemic. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.