COVID-19 swiftly became a global concern. All Government offices and markets were locked in COVID affected areas. Governments of advenced nations is trying to discover vaccines for its effective treatment.
Global emergency has been created due to outbreak of COVID-19, that large scale businesses has been closed for some time. It is believed that, If it continued, most of the companies will face millions of losses and many companies throughout the world may wind-up. In this way, millions of the people will lose their employment.
As Corona Virus infection causes cough, fever, tiredness and difficult in breathing. In this view, global emergency have been declared, as a result of it, Government of all the nations initiated to travel ban and guideline the people to take preventive measures by wearing masks and washing hands properly and banned people to assemble or gather at public places. It has been confirmed, Corona Virus destroys respiratory system of the infected person and ultimately causes death by making it dysfunctional.
As we know, five times prayers are obligatory for every Muslim. Before, offering prayers, it is mandatory to make ablution. By making ablution, we stand cleanly before Allah. Cleaning himself or herself from impurities is most important. After, it wash your hands three times. Clean your Nose. As we know, when we inhale air through Nose. As per medical sciences ,air contains impurities of dust particles and micro organisms, which causes us to ill. As the our Nose have protective hair inside the Nose, which resist dust molecules and microorganisms contained in atmosphere directly enter in our respiratory system to cause illness. As the five times ablution is mandatory. By making ourselves habitual offering five times prayers, we clean our Nose from dust and microorganisms, which gets collected on the hair inside our Nose.
After cleaning Nose, we clean mouth up to throat. When we eat food, little portion of it gets deposited on our teeth. Thus our mouth might gets attacked by microorganisms, which in no time multiplies its number, If not washed or brushed properly. After it, If we eat any food. These microorganisms might get into our body with our food. Therefore, after or before taking any food ,we must mandatorily clean our mouth to save ourselves from direct intake of disease causing microorganisms.
Cleaning Ears inside and outside , washing face and head can fresh our minds. By washing hand upto Knees and foot up to heels refreshes minds save people from arthritis. Besides, it there are several other numerous benefits of making ablutions continuously.
It is obligatory to keeping fasting during the Month of Ramadhan. We eat food habitually, what we like. As the medical sciences advice to eat 1/4th and to drink 1/2nd daily and Exercise regularly for your good health. We can't fallow advices. As a result of it ,our stomach gets expanded by taking much more foods. As the Islam has made obligatory to stay fasting during the month of "Ramadhan". We avoid taking food and water for the day. As the medical sciences has proven some illnesses like formation of stone in urinary tract or in kidney are caused due to excessive intake salts in our body, which results into formation of stones into human body. By keep fasting for a month, we can save ourselves from excessive fats and such illnesses. Medical sciences has proven fasting make strong our immune system. In this way, by keeping fasting for a month, our body can resist the diseases.
As we know," Cigarette smoking is injurious to health". We can avoid smoking during day in fasting. If we will avoid for night too to smoke. We will get rid from these bad habits, which is harmful for our good health. As a result of it, It will save us from extravagance. Which is too sin?
Ultimately, We will inculcate good habits. We can save money. If we can save money, we can donate to the poor(Zakat),If We fear Allah.
Fourth obligation is journey to holy Kabbah(Hajj). If we are habitual of first three obligations. Hajj will be easy for us. We Muslims believe soil and breeze of Makkah cures serious ailments.
As the Corona Virus spread from one area to other swiftly. Governments locked COVID affected areas, as all COVID affected countries banned traveling or restrictions have been kept on travelling. Infected persons are not allowed to meet other. People gathering have been banned. People have been instructed to stay at Homes.
Islamic texts describe in this view, Sa'd reported: The Prophet(PBUH) said, "If you hear of a plague in a land, then do not go into it. If it happens in land, where you are, then do not go out of it".(Al-Bukhri)
Today, guidelines issued by medical sciences to take preventive measures are same. It reveals authenticity of Islamic teachings in the context of medical sciences.
In Quran, Allah Narrated the story of Prophet Ayoub(PBUH). We conclude from His pious life disease can be put or spread by devil(Shatan) by authority of Almighty Allah, either to test his servants or testimony.
Islam forbids to kill or cut unnecessary natural creatures(Wild birds and animals). As we know, wild animals and birds depend on dead and decaying bodies to clean natural environment. Islam forbids to pollute pure drinking Streams, Rivers, Lakes and Cannels. Despite knowing, we are intentionally do such harmful illegal activities. Islam has forbidden killing and eating of several birds and animals (What we call haram). Many among them are carriers of these microorganisms. It is believed that Corona Virus was first found in Bats. Being a carrier and Carnivore and environment cleaning agent, Allah has made its immune system so strong to resist all kinds of viruses or microorganisms. People started killing Bats.
Declining population of these wild creatures might be one of the cause to add these disease causing microorganisms into our climate. Due to overpopulation affects and widening of industries ,our forests suffered losses and increasing disturbance of natural habitats of wild life and illegal poaching in our forests declining the population of these environment cleaning agents (Wildlife). As a result of it, due change in seasonal changes, epidemics like COVID-19 swine Flu swiftly come in origin and spread swiftly from one area to another.
In conclusion, we can say Islamic obligatory prayers ,when sincerely practiced are sufficient preventive measures. Not only to save us from infections or intake or inhalation of microorganisms, but living a good life hereafter, what we believe. Islam forbids to destroy water bodies and kill wild creatures unnecessarily, which is also unlawful as per national and international laws. Save the ecosystem to save our lives. It must be our common slogan from local level to global level.
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