Immunization: A necessity, or a prohibition for Muslims?

Immunization is one of the internationally recognised medical preventive measures against a number of diseases. It is undertaken under the auspices of International Organizations like the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), many national governmental health departments and agencies. Various methods are employed by medical experts for its execution, which are so far yielding positive results for eradication and minimizing spread of some diseases. However, in the contemporary period, some Muslims are not agreeing for either themselves or members of their families to be immunized, considering it to be a deviation from one of the articles of faith of their religion. This line of thinking or attitude has to be reconsidered because there is no conflict between the teachings of Islam, medical researches and their applications. Therefore Muslims with the above mentioned line of thinking are required to study the physiology of human body with regards to interactions between it and vaccines administered for various forms of immunization, so as to realize the Wisdom of Allah (SWT), their Creator, Sustainer, Protector and Healer. This would serve as a motivating awareness, possibly for them to change their earlier position of rejecting immunization.