169 © 2022 AESS Publications. All Rights Reserved. CONCEPT AND GUIDELINES OF CONSUMING HALAL-TAYYIBAN FOOD FROM ISLAMIC AND HEALTH PERSPECTIVES: A MEANINGFUL LESSON FROM COVID-19 OUTBREAK Nurrulhidayah Ahmad Fadzlillah 1+ Siti Jamilah Mohd Sukri 2 Rashidi Othman 3 Abdul Rohman 4 Mustafa Mat Jubri@Shamsuddin 5 1,2 International Institute for Halal Research and Training, International Islamic University Malaysia, Jalan Gombak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 1 Email: nurrulhidayah@iium.edu.my Tel: +6019-7373130 2 Email: nurfansuri93@gmail.com Tel: +60361965617 3 Department of Landscape Architecture, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia. 3 Email: rashidi@iium.edu.my Tel: +6012-6644772 4 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 4 Email: abdul_kimfar@ugm.ac.id Tel: +0274-543120 5 Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia. 5 Email: mussham@iium.edu.my Tel: +60361966128 (+ Corresponding author) ABSTRACT Article History Received: 10 March 2022 Revised: 22 April 2022 Accepted: 6 May 2022 Published: 25 May 2022 Keywords Islamic studies Covid-19 Halal lifestyle Halalan Tayyiban Halal food. The first outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China proves consuming non– halal and non-tayyib food leads to widespread diseases and viruses. Since this occasion, the Covid-19 virus has widespread worldwide and has left negative impacts on the economic development, health quality, and social development of human beings. Therefore, this paper reports on the concept and guidelines of consuming halal- tayyiban food following the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight the importance of practicing a healthy lifestyle with an ideal selection of food to maintain a good immune system and preventing from harmful diseases. The data and information were gathered from electronic sources such as journal articles and trusted websites. It is hoped that the outcome of the paper will assist other researchers to come out with new ideas for a healthy lifestyle such as practicing a good Halal lifestyle and consuming Halalan Tayyiban products. Contribution/ Originality: This paper reports on the concept and guidelines of consuming halal-tayyiban food in the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight the importance of practicing a healthy lifestyle with an ideal selection of food to maintain a good immune system and preventing from harmful diseases. 1. INTRODUCTION Generally, the interpretation of halalan tayyiban food has often been identified similarly to halal food while sometimes neglecting tayyiban elements. The term halal food does not necessarily represent the food that fulfills tayyiban elements because there is a tremendous of food stamped with the halal logo, but is not healthy for the consumer’s health (Othman, Md Hamdani, Sulaiman, Mutalib, & Ramly, 2018). Halalan tayyiban captures a significant aspect of the best ideal food as recommended by Shariah. The terminology of halal is obtained from an Arabic word that refers to lawful and permissible (Kamali, 2013). Meanwhile, tayyib refers to pure and good. The former signifies a state of permissibility for objects or actions following Shariah principles which cover various International Journal of Asian Social Science ISSN(e): 2224-4441 ISSN(p): 2226-5139 DOI: 10.55493/5007.v12i5.4495 Vol. 12, No. 5, 169-182. © 2022 AESS Publications. All Rights Reserved. URL: www.aessweb.com