Faith does not forbid Russian Muslims from getting vaccinated against coronavirus with Sputnik V, a body of top religious scholars has decided after considering two components of the Covid-19 vaccine for Sharia compliance.
The Ulema Council, which advises Islamic leaders on matters of faith, announced on Monday that Muslims in Russia should not be “excessively punctilious” about the vaccine, quoting the words of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) about the need to “fear excessiveness in matters of faith.”
Islamic law scholars found it necessary to comment on the world’s first registered coronavirus vaccine, because the treatment developed by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute uses a minuscule amount of ethyl alcohol. —TLTP
