." ▁ ▁Med ieval ▁Islam ic ▁world ▁The ▁Islam ic ▁proph et ▁Muhammad ▁ad vised ▁quar antine : ▁" Th ose ▁with ▁cont ag ious ▁dise ases ▁should ▁be ▁kept ▁away ▁from ▁those ▁who ▁are ▁health y ." ▁I bn ▁S ina ▁also ▁recommended ▁quar antine ▁for ▁patients ▁with ▁inf ect ious ▁dise ases , ▁especially ▁t uber cul osis . ▁ ▁The ▁mand atory ▁hospital ▁quar antine ▁of ▁special ▁groups ▁of ▁patients , ▁including ▁those ▁with ▁le pro s y , ▁started ▁early ▁in ▁Islam ic ▁history . ▁Between ▁ 7 0 6 ▁and ▁ 7 0 7 ▁the ▁sixth ▁Um ay y ad ▁cal i ph ▁Al - W al id ▁I ▁built ▁the ▁first ▁hospital ▁in ▁Dam asc us ▁and ▁issued ▁an ▁order ▁to ▁isol ate ▁those ▁inf ected ▁with ▁le pro s y ▁from ▁other ▁patients ▁in ▁the ▁hospital . ▁The ▁practice ▁of ▁mand atory ▁quar antine ▁of ▁le pro s y ▁in ▁general ▁hosp it als ▁continued ▁until ▁the ▁year ▁ 1 4 3 1 , ▁when ▁the ▁Ott om ans ▁built ▁a ▁le pro s y ▁hospital ▁in ▁Ed ir ne . ▁Inc idents ▁of ▁quar antine ▁occurred ▁throughout ▁the ▁Muslim ▁world , ▁with ▁evidence ▁of ▁volunt ary ▁community ▁quar antine ▁in ▁some ▁of ▁these ▁reported ▁inc idents . ▁The ▁first ▁documented ▁invol unt ary ▁community ▁quar antine ▁was ▁established ▁by ▁the ▁ ▁Ott oman ▁quar antine ▁reform ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 8 . ▁ ▁Med ieval ▁Europe ▁The ▁word ▁" qu ar antine " ▁origin