Kawalan Penularan Wabak Merbahaya Menurut Perspektif Siasah Syar'iiyyah
Authors: Mahaiyadin Mohd Hapiz , Samori Zakiah 
Published: December 2020

At the end of December 2019, a pandemic of life-threatening disease known as COVID-19, caused by a virus that is highly infective and capable of damaging the respiratory system of a human body, to eventually causing death within a short span of time, has been reported in Wuhan, China. This virus has spread to hundreds of countries with hundred thousand positive cases of COVID-19, as well as thousands of death recorded until April 2020. Similarly, Malaysia also faces the pandemic of COVID-19 and recorded an increase of positive cases with more than 50 deaths until today. Multiple drastic preventive measures and steps have been implemented by the authorities in Malaysia to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak. Hence, this study is conducted to identify control measures that have been used globally, by looking into recent literature studies and focusing on the enforcement of Restriction of Movement Order (RMO) measure in Malaysia. In evaluating the legality of the implementation, the concept of siasah syar’iyyah, which is an effective mechanism in safeguarding the public interest or common good as required in Islam, must be taken into consideration. Therefore, qualitative methodology was duly adopted to explore the jurisprudential approach of prior Muslim governments, by analyzing highly regarded principal references that addressed similar cases. The basic principles of Islam, as contained in the Quran and ḥadīth of Rasulullah PBUH, applied in the decision making process and the rationality of actions taken in addressing any pandemic of disease would also be observed through data analysis methodology (content analysis). The approach of Islamic jurispru-dence methodology that is relevant and its application to this issue is also very important to be elaborated to understand that the process used before arriving at each decision by the authorities should adhere to the concept of maqāṣid and main principles of sharī‘ah. The result of the study found that the preventive measures to control the pandemic outbreak currently implemented by Malaysian government as well as the policies being enforced in dealing with the life-threatening pandemic is consistent with the injunctions of Islamic law that should be obeyed by all parties.

Abstrak

Pada akhir Disember 2019, pandemik penyakit yang mengancam nyawa manusia dikenali sebagai COVID-19, sejenis virus yang mudah dijangkiti, mampu merosakkan sistem respiratori tubuh manusia seterusnya menyebabkan kematian dalam jangka masa pendek telah dilaporkan berlaku di Wuhan, China. Virus ini telah merebak ke ratusan buah negara dengan  ratusan ribu kes positif COVID-19 beserta ribuan kematian telah dicatatkan sehingga April 2020. Malaysia turut  berdepan dengan wabak COVID-19 dan merekodkan peningkatan kes positif dengan lebih 50 kematian setakat  hari ini. Pelbagai langkah dan kaedah kawalan drastik telah dilaksanakan oleh badan berautoriti di Malaysia untuk mengawal penularan wabak COVID-19. Justeru kajian ini dibuat  untuk mengenalpasti kaedah-kaedah pengawalan yang dilaksanakan di peringkat global dengan melihat kajian-kajian literatur terkini dengan penumpuan kepada penguatkuasaan kaedah Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP) di Malaysia. Dalam menilai kesahan pelaksanaan, konsep siasah syar’iyyah yang merupakan satu mekanisme efektif dalam menjaga kemaslahatan awam seperti yang dituntut oleh Islam harus diambilkira. Oleh yang demikian, metod kualitatif digunapakai untuk meneroka pendekatan ijtihad kerajaan Islam terdahulu dengan menganalisis kitab-kitab muktabar dalam menangani beberapa kes yang sama. Prinsip-prinsip asas Islam yang terkandung dalam al-Quran dan sunah Rasululullah SAW dalam proses membuat keputusan dan kewajaran tindakan yang perlu diambil dalam menangani suatu wabak penyakit akan turut diteliti melalui kaedah analisis data (content analysis). Pendekatan kaedah-kaedah memastikan yang relevan serta pengaplikasiannya dalam isu ini juga sangat penting untuk diperhalusi bagi memahami bahawa proses setiap keputusan yang diambil tindakan oleh badan berautoriti perlu menepati konsep maqasid dan prinsip utama syariah. Hasil kajian mendapati, kaedah kawalan penularan wabak yang sedang dijalankan oleh kerajaan Malaysia berserta dasar dan polisi yang dikuat kuasakan dalam menangani pandemik yang mengancam nyawa masyarakat adalah bertepatan dengan perintah syarak yang wajib dipatuhi oleh semua pihak.