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Mufti Menk

Restrictions due to Coronavirus from an Islamic Perspective

Mufti Menk

Muslim Central

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Islam

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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We all know that sickness and health is in the hands of Allah.

0:51.0

We all have full conviction in Allah.

0:54.0

We believe in Him. We have seen so many pass away without being sick or ill.

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And we've seen those who have passed away with sickness and illness.

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Some pass away when they are very young and others when they are very old.

1:08.0

My brothers and sisters, we have conviction. We are meaning we believe.

1:13.0

You and I know that at the moment the whole world is going through a nightmare.

1:21.0

Something we cannot see with a naked eye. Something that cannot be diagnosed almost instantly.

1:27.0

Something that does not show up in symptom form except after so many days.

1:34.0

It is the sickness or the virus known as the COVID-19 or the coronavirus.

1:40.0

And it's important for us not to panic.

1:44.0

We are fortunate in Zimbabwe sitting in this particular mosque.

1:48.0

I can tell you that we have not had confirmed cases yet.

1:52.0

Although they have been suspected cases and people have said things here and there.

1:57.0

Not everyone with a flu is a carrier of the virus.

2:01.0

That having been said we are watching the globe.

2:05.0

From a single case to a few hundred to a few thousand in the matter of days.

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We cannot be fools to just sit and watch.

2:16.0

And it does not negate our iman in Allah.

2:19.0

If anything conviction in Allah and laying full trust in Allah would only be true if we took every possible precaution.

2:28.0

If you did not take the precaution you do not have trust in Allah.

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