The positive side of the Corona epidemic

With the suffering of the entire world - and the Islamic nation in particular - from severe distress, and unhappy, psychologically, socially, and economically, and above all ritually, due to this pandemic, and fatal harm, to the fateful Corona virus, but it has a positive side that should be our consolation and our behavior , We may not find this face in others, and this face is perceived by the following points:

The first: He showed us the weakness of human beings, and that their strength and development did not mean anything for them to repel the virus of the weakest creature of God Almighty, He commanded his servants to show them his ability, and that there is no response to what he spent, until they return to his knowledge, and are not tempted by what God Almighty enabled them to be in it, as it is a verse God, subject to the necks of the mighty, whatever its religion, the whole of creation is equal in human weakness and self-poverty.

The second: that this epidemic is spreading as long as a place, until this holy month has come upon us and we are shaking under its strain, so we were absent from mosques, gatherings, congregations and naafil obedience, and many Muslims, especially those whose hearts were hanging in mosques, did not imagine that the month of Ramadan would come to them and they Far from the homes of God, whose glory is authorized to be lifted and whose name is mentioned, they would not have imagined that they would not keep the statutes and devotions in congregation in the mosques, because of the intensity of their desire for good, so this preventive epidemic came to tell people that the worshiper glorified him expanded his means of them in worship, and that this nation is not A nation of silos, sales, and churches Glory be to Him, except in it. Rather, it is a worshiping nation that is devoted to God, day and night, in mosques, houses, land, sea and air. Where the Muslim slave found the reason for worship and its condition is fulfilled by him, so that the Almighty will be closer to him and obtain his love, so he widens the circle of worship on us with Muslims, because we are the best nation It was taken out for people, and the increase in honor requires the commissioning.

The third: Our homes, which were for recreation, amusement and unemployment, in which God Almighty was mentioned little by little, because of him he shone a light of worship, dhikr, supplication and supplication, and showing poverty and poverty to the dear, praise be to Him, so we took from them mosques, niches, and we have complied with the command of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, while Aisha narrated, may God be pleased with her, who said: “The Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, ordered the construction of mosques in the homes, and the perfume and cleanliness.” This matter includes the living, as it includes houses, to include the name of the role to everyone, and this inclusion confirms what is true of him. Prayers and peace be upon him: “It is better to pray one’s prayer in one’s home, except for your pain “Repentance.” So this virtue included the naafil day and night, including the Tarawih that we pray every year in the mosques, which was what some of the Companions, may God be pleased with them, had had, so that Utban bin Malik, may God be pleased with him, asked the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, to come to him in His house to pray in it and take his prayer hall as a mosque, then the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, answered him. When he entered, he said: «Where would you like me to pray for you from your house? Then he pointed to him to a place, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, grew up. Atban said: We set up behind him, so he prayed two rak'ahs.

So taking our homes as mosques is a great Islamic approach, and the Holy Qur’an referred to him by saying to the children of Israel: “Make your homes a kiss and establish prayers and preach good news to the believers.” The interpretation of the verse of God, on the authority of Abbas, said: That is, if one is unable to perform the prayers in public mosques, then the allowance is the home of man, whose paradise is in this world.

Fourth: Our homes that were deserted from the Noble Qur’an, which were like the dead, have become, by the grace of God, shining a light by his glorified remembrance, so I revived the recitation of the Qur’an and sealed it during prayer and in non-prayer, which is what the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, wanted by saying: “The parable of the house that remembers God In it, and the house in which God does not mention, like the living and the dead. ''

These are good positives from this epidemic, which we ask God Almighty to hasten to lift, and as the righteous said: “There is no ordeal except with a grant,” and only the rationalized realize it.

«Grand Muftis, Director of Ifta’s Department in Dubai»

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