ISSN: 2265-6294

Dispensation for the Implementation of Worship During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Islamic Law Perspectives

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Moh. Bahrudin

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that the COVID-19 virus pandemic has become a world non-natural disaster and various prevention strategies have been carried out. Indonesia did not choose a lockdown, but rather Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) and the Enforcement of Micro-scale Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM). This regulation regulates various issues, such as online schools and lectures, working from home, restrictions on religious activities in places of worship, and restrictions on activities in public facilities. The government's policy that instructs religious people to worship at home, requires masks, and maintains a safe distance between prayers, reaps pros and cons, especially among Muslims because they are considered unusual and feel that their worship activities are being intervened by the government. Allah SWT stipulates the law of 'azimah, which is the obligation to carry out the law in normal circumstances, but if there are obstacles to implementing the original law, Allah SWT gives the law of rukhshah to provide dispensation, relief, convenience, and flexibility to His servants. According to the perspective of ushulfiqh, regulations, fatwas, and edicts prohibit the holding of Friday prayers and replace them with dzuhur prayers at home for residents who live in zones where the spread of COVID-19 is uncontrollable and lifethreatening, prohibit holding worship activities involving large numbers of people.

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