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That's the message, uh, generally speaking, it is far the key fire for the

community to be praying five times a day.

And it is far the eyeing on the Muslim to pray,

Jumu'ah, the Muslim adult male who does not have a valid excuse,

uh, to pray Jumu'ah. This is the default.

At the same time, every single ruling in the Sharia,

pretty much without exception,

there are situations and circumstances where the ruling does not apply.

In other words, as is the case in every system,

for every rule, there are exceptional circumstances.

And our scholars have mentioned that plagues are one of those situations

in which definitely reasonable measures can be taken.

In fact, it is authentically reported, uh, that our professor,

Al-Salam, uh, heard that one of the delegations that had come, uh,

to give, uh, the author religions to him,

that one of those people was afflicted with leprosy.

And the professor some announced that go tell that person,

don't, you know, give, uh, the bay, I don't give the author religions to me,

rather go back and I will accept his oath from afar.

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