Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb has droop Friday prayers at Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo for 2 weeks. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
The Supreme Ulema Council (SUC) of Egypt’s Al-Azhar College has issued a fatwa, banning all congregational prayers at mosques to stem the unfold of coronavirus outbreak.
Pakistan’s President Dr Arif Alvi had requested the supreme council to difficulty a suggestion for Muslims all over the world over precautionary measures whereas performing spiritual obligations, Radio Pakistan reported on Wednesday.
The fatwa, a ruling on a degree of Islamic legislation given by a recognised authority, additional states that every one public gatherings, together with congregational prayers, can pace up the unfold of the lethal illness. Therefore, authorities officers in Muslim nations have the authority to cancel congregational and Friday prayers, it provides.
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On Saturday, Al-Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb had determined to droop Friday prayers and congregational prayers for the Muslims at Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo for 2 weeks, as a safety measure towards the COVID-19 pandemic.
Final week, he issued a fatwa saying that the cancellation of Friday prayer and all congregational prayers are permissible amid the present well being disaster.
The novel coronavirus – which originated within the central China metropolis of Wuhan in direction of the top of December 2019 – has unfold to all continents excluding Antarctica. The COVID-19 respiratory sickness attributable to the mysterious contagion has thus far killed 1000’s of individuals and contaminated tens of 1000’s of others throughout the globe.
