#Corona-Virus: Important Guidelines and Message
Respected Brothers in Islam!
Nowadays, the whole world is badly hit by the Corona-Virus epidemic. The
governments on their parts are taking precautionary measures like locking down
businesses, restricting unnecessary gatherings of more than five persons at
public places, putting ban on collective prayers in worship places. There is a
state of fear, panic, restlessness and confusion everywhere. People have been
caught by different types of problems, economic issues and social concerns. Friends
and fellows from many places are constantly calling me as what to be done in
such situations. I, therefore, thought it
right to issue some juristic and orderly guidelines:
1)
Kindly keep
faith that all affairs, be it good or bad, befall from Allah, the Almighty. He
alone gives us courage and power to combat them. It is He Who degenerates and generates
the situations and what He wills takes place. He has power over all things.
2)
Disease, be
it contagious or noncontiguous, infects others if Allah wills. No disease is an
effective agent per se; the real effective agent is only and only Allah, the
Almighty.
3)
In all
affairs, a believer is bound to have faith, belief and trust in Allah but seeking
treatments of a disease and taking preventive measures to throw it off is not
against the trust in Allah.
4)
The spiritual
treatments prescribed by our scholars and pious people and the protective steps
described by the governments should be put fully into practice.
The Union and State
Governments have ordered to send the country into lockdown till 30 June, 2020,
and in our State (Maharashtra), section 144 has been imposed (which prohibits going
out of house unnecessarily and gathering more than five persons at a place) that
must be fully maintained and a situation of confrontation with government
officials must not arise.
5)
In the
present special emergency situation, the number of persons allowed by the
government to gather for Namaz and Jumua in mosque, at the stated time, should offer
Salah and Jumua in congregation by calling Azan. The rest of the people should offer Namaz in
their houses. InShaAllah, they will also be fully rewarded with the virtue of
congregational prayer. It would not be at all sensible and appropriate to stop
calling Azan and congregation and lock the mosques especially in the present
situation and keeping the future risk in mind.
6)
Keep your
houses, mosques, streets, locality, squares and public places completely clean
as it is half of the faith.
7)
Please keep
distance with those who have symptoms of this disease. However, take fully care
of their medicines and treatment; be they are of your relatives or of other
religion.
8)
Those who
are worried about their livelihood in the society because of the lockdown and must
be helped so far as possible. It is of real virtue.
9)
Muslim
Community should pay special heed towards repentance, asking Allah's
forgiveness, recitation of the Quran, invocation of Allah, charity, alms, and supererogatory
fasting, recite Qunoot-e-Naazilah and turn to Allah all the time taking all spiritual
and corporal precautionary measures. Put your trust in Allah as it is the treatment
and protection from this disease.
10) Don’t give place to fear, disappointment, fright and terror into your heart
and mind as it is the biggest virus which kills a human being alive. Don’t
spread rumours, baseless and
fake news through any means as it spoils the peace and security of the society.
I firmly believe the
situation would be tackled acting upon these guidelines. May Allah help and
protect us all!
Gulam Muhammad
Vastanvi
Jamia Islamia
Isha'atul Uloom,
Akkalkuwa,
Maharashtra, India
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