Fighting Coronavirus; Hygiene in Islam & History - Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi

- The global chaotic reaction to the outbreak of the Coronavirus, originating in China - These are the moments where we need to look at the Islamic guidance about food and drink, and also the simple rules governing the hygiene in our daily lives - In the last two decades, many schools have instituted the policy where the students are asked to wash their had four to five times a day. This has had an impact in deducing absenteeism. Discussing a study in the US reflecting this - For a Muslim, even if he is not consciously washing his hands, just the act of doing wudhu forces him to wash the hands three to five times a day. We take this for granted and now we see that the world is moving in that direction! - Narrating a hadith related to this issue - William Durant, author of 'The story of civilization' writes: “Cleanliness, in the Middle Ages, was not next to godliness. Early Christianity had denounced the Roman baths as wells of perversion and promiscuity, and its general disapproval of the body had put no premium on hygiene.”  - Describing the Ottoman civilization, the same historian writes, “…in Islam cleanliness was really next to godliness.” - This is only the physical aspect. The spiritual dimensions can be seen when you look at the recommended du‘as associated with different stages of wudhu. - These du‘as prepare us to think about the day of judgement - Some disasters are natural while others are because of our actions. - Sura Rum, verse 41 related to this issue - Besides the physical precautions that we have to take to protect ourselves, individually and collectively, we should also seek the path of prayer so that Allāh may keep us away from such calamities. - The former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid mentality towards Shī‘ism is praiseworthy. In responding to some of his detractors who accused him of being a Shī‘a, Wahid pointed to the prevailing love for Ahlul Bayt among the Sunnis of Indonesia, in particular, the supplication that read: “li khamsatun utfi biha ḥarra ’l-wabã al-ḥãṭimah, al-Muṣtafa wa ’l-Murṭaḍa wa ibnãhumã wa ’l-Fãṭimah.” - "I have five persons through whom I extinguish the heat of crushing disease: the Prophet, ‘Ali, Hasan, Husayn & Fatimah." MP3:  https://f001.backblazeb2.com/file/Jaffari/Fridays/FridayKhutba_Rizvi_2020-02-07_13-07-27.mp3 Youtube: https://youtu.be/fgFUHIC_P1g Friday Juma Khutba Recited By: Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi Date: February 7th, 2020 https://youtube.com/islamicentre https://anchor.fm/islamicentre https://facebook.com/IslamiCentre.org https://islamicentre.org https://facebook.com/sayyidmrizvi https://instagram.com/sayyidmrizvi https://twitter.com/sayyidmrizvi