Abstract

With the outbreak of the coronavirus as a pandemic virus in Iran and consequently,positioning of some people against medical advice regarding the change or closure of certain religious rituals and practices in order to control the virus, again the issue of the relationship between science and religion is raised among the thinkers of the country. The present article,with an interdisciplinary approach, intends to show that the two categories of science and religion, despite their distinction and separation from each other, in some way, are effective on or are effected by each other, and in the meantime, knowledge of jurisprudence and the rules derived from it, as part of the teachings of Islam, in terms of nature and subject, not only do not contradict medical science, but also have a close connection with medical science, especially in the field of physical health, as one of the four dimensions of health. Accordingly, the present study, which based on the prevailing framework of research methods is of qualitative type,explores the three jurisprudence rules of the prohibition of contribution to sin and aggression, necessity suspends forbiddance, and no harm by collecting information in the form of library and documents and in some cases, based on the opinion of experts in this field. From the most important results of this research, the efficiency of these three rules in changing some religious rituals in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus and also in the type of informing and spreading of news about this disease in order to keep calm may be pointed out.