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  • Chapter 7 - Public Health, Hygiene, and Islam

  • Edited by Basil H. Aboul-Enein, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, G. Hussein Rassool, Charles Sturt University, Nada Benajiba, Ibn Tofail University, Joshua Bernstein, A. T. Still University of Health Sciences, MoezAlIslam E. Faris, Applied Science Private University
  • Book:
    Contemporary Islamic Perspectives in Public Health
    Published online:
    02 January 2025
    Print publication:
    16 January 2025, pp 43-47

  • Summary

    Public health aims to promote and protect the health of people and communities. This is clearly adopted by Islam as a way of life. Many of the Islamic teachings and practices promote spiritual, mental, social, as well as physical health. Details of that are contained in the Holy Qur’an and the Prophetic guidance (Hadith). Many verses in the Holy Qur’an emphasize the importance of personal hygiene and a healthy lifestyle. There is emphasis on cleanliness and hygiene, as well as guidelines for how to respond to major public health threats such as epidemics and fighting infectious diseases. In this chapter, we outline how public health is portrayed in Islamic values, principles, teachings, and practices related to hygiene. Special attention will be paid to hygienic practices in Islam and their role in the primary prevention and control of infectious diseases that were so prevalent in ancient times and continue to constitute a global threat to people’s well-being as well as the role of environmental hygiene.