Issuing a fatwa (religious decree), Darul Ifta Pakistan has declared vaccination against the coronavirus legal and permissible in accordance with Shariah, saying that it was needed to prevent the pandemic.

At a press conference in the office of Muttahida Ulema Board, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Religious Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi announced the religious decree.

The fatwa states it is responsibility of every individual to get himself vaccinated, adding that vaccination is permissible in accordance with Shariah. It also asks the philanthropists to come forward and help those who cannot buy it, even with zakat.

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