by Asma bint Shameem
The Coronavirus.... Itโs spreading everywhere. People are just falling in the streets. Thousands dead... many more infected. The statistics are increasing. And thatโs scary. Something similar happened 1400 years ago. Our Mother Aaishah radhi Allaahu anhaa asked the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam about the plague. ๐ He said: "The Plague was a punishment which Allaah used to send on whom He wished, but Allaah made it a blessing for the believers. None (among the believers) remains patient in a land in which plague has broken out and considers that nothing will befall him except what Allaah has ordained for him, but that Allaah will grant him a reward similar to that of a martyr." (al-Bukhari 5734) ๐And the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said, "Plague was a means of torture sent on some people before you. So if you hear of its spread in a land, don't approach it, and if a plague should appear in a land where you are present, then don't leave that land in order to run away from it (i.e. plague).โ (al-Bukhari 3473) Although these ahaadeeth are about the plague, the same can be applied to any of the contagious diseases or epidemics. And this latest outbreak of Coronavirus is one of them. So whatโs a believer to do? 1โฃ Do NOT panic. Stay calm.and place your TRUST in Allaah. KNOW that NOTHING can harm you or benefit you except with Allaahโs Permission. ๐ The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said: โEverything has a reality, and the servant will not reach the reality of faith until he knows that what afflicted him could never miss him, and that what missed him could never have afflicted him.โ (Ahmad saheeh by al-Albaani) ๐ And he Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam said: โKnow that if the whole community were to gather together to benefit you with anything, it would benefit you only with something that Allah had already prescribed for you, and that if they gather together to harm you with anything, they would harm you only with something Allah had already prescribed for you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried.โ (at-Tirmidhi saheeh by al-Albaani) 2โฃ REMAIN where you are If your in the place of the epidemic, stay there. And if youโre not in the place of the epidemic, stay away and do not go there. ๐ The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said: โThe plague is a calamity (or a punishment) that was sent upon the Children of Israel, or upon those who came before you. If you hear of it in some land, do not go there, and if it breaks out in a land where you are, do not leave, fleeing from it.โ [al-Bukhaari (3473) and Muslim (2218)] This rule applies to any other contagious epidemic diseases. 3โฃ Read your morning and evening adhkaar If we read the adhkaar that the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam told us to read every morning and every evening, we will be in the protection of Allaah against ALL kinds of harm such as magic, evil eye, diseases and sicknesses. These adhkaar are like a FORTRESS surrounding us from all sides and PROTECTING us with the permission of Allaah. ๐ Ibn al-Qayyim said, โThe morning and evening adhkar play the role of a shield; the thicker it is the more its owner will not be affected. Rather, its strength can reach to such an extent that the arrow shot at it will bounce back to affect the one who shot it.โ ๐ Shaykh Uthaymeen said, โThe morning and evening adhkar are a stronger fortress than the wall of Yaโjooj and Maโjooj, for the one who says it while his heart is present. ๐ Ibn Katheer said, โWear the โcoatโ of adhkar so it can protect you from the evils of humans and jinn. And cover your souls with istighfar so it can erase the sins of the night and day.โ ๐บSome of the adhkaar are: a) Uthmaan ibn โAffaan radhi Allaahu anhu said: โI heard the Messenger of Allaah Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam say: โWhoever says: ุจูุณูู ู ุงูููููู ุงูููุฐูู ููุง ููุถูุฑูู ู ูุนู ุงุณูู ููู ุดูููุกู ููู ุงููุฃูุฑูุถู ููููุง ููู ุงูุณููู ูุงุกู ูููููู ุงูุณููู ููุนู ุงููุนููููู ู โBismillah illadhi la yadurru maโa ismihi shayโun fiโl-ard wa la fiโl-samaโ wa huwa al-Sameeโ ul-โAleemโ (In the name of Allaah with Whose name nothing can harm on earth or in heaven, and He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing)โ, THREE times, will not be stricken with a sudden affliction until morning comes, and whoever says them when morning comes will not be stricken with a sudden affliction until evening comes.โ (Abu Dawood -Saheeh by al-Albaani) b) A man came to the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam and said: โO Messenger of Allaah, I was stung by a scorpion last night.โ He said: โIf you had said, when evening came, ุฃูุนููุฐู ุจูููููู ูุงุชู ุงูููู ุงูุชููุงู ููุงุชู ู ููู ุดูุฑูู ู ูุง ุฎููููู Aโoodhu bi kalimaat-Illaah it-taammaati min sharri ma khalaq โI seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of that which He has createdโ, it would not have harmed you.โ (Saheeh Muslim) c) The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said: โSay: Qul Huwa Allahu ahad [i.e., Soorat al-Ikhlaas] and al-Muโawwidhatayn [i.e., Soorat al-Falaq and Soorat an-Naas] three times every evening and every morning, and they will suffice you against everything.โ (at-Tirmidhi (3575); hasan by al-Albaani) d) Abuโd-Dardaโ radhi Allaahu anhu said: โWhoever says, morning and evening: ุญูุณูุจููู ุงูููููู ููุง ุฅููููู ุฅููููุง ูููู ุ ุนููููููู ุชููููููููุชู ูููููู ุฑูุจูู ุงููุนูุฑูุดู ุงููุนูุธููู ู โHasbi Allah, laa ilaaha ill-Allah, โalayhi tawwakaltu wa Huwa Rabb ul-โArsh il-โazeem โAllaah is sufficient for me, there is no god but He, in Him have I put my trust and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throneโโ, seven times, Allaah will SUFFICE him against all that concerns him.โ e) Abdullah ibn โUmar radhi Allaahu anhu said: โThe Messenger of Allaah Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam never failed to say these supplications when evening came and when morning came: ุงููููููู ูู ุฅููููู ุฃูุณูุฃููููู ุงููุนูุงููููุฉู ููู ุงูุฏููููููุง ููุงูุขุฎูุฑูุฉู ุงููููููู ูู ุฅููููู ุฃูุณูุฃููููู ุงููุนููููู ููุงููุนูุงููููุฉู ููู ุฏููููู ููุฏูููููุงูู ููุฃูููููู ููู ูุงููู ุงููููููู ูู ุงุณูุชูุฑู ุนูููุฑูุงุชูู ููุขู ููู ุฑูููุนูุงุชูู ุงููููููู ูู ุงุญูููุธูููู ู ููู ุจููููู ููุฏูููู ููู ููู ุฎูููููู ููุนููู ููู ููููู ููุนููู ุดูู ูุงููู ููู ููู ููููููู ููุฃูุนููุฐู ุจูุนูุธูู ูุชููู ุฃููู ุฃูุบูุชูุงูู ู ููู ุชูุญูุชูู โAllahumma inni asโaluka al-โaafiyata fiโd-dunya waโl-aakhirah. Allahumma inni asโaluka al-โafwa waโl-โaafiyata fi deeni wa dunyaaya wa ahli wa maali. Allahumma astur โawraati wa aamin rawโaati. Allahumm ihfazni min bayni yadayya wa min khalfi wa โan yameeni wa โan shimaali, wa min fawqi, wa aโoodhu bi โazamatika an ughtaala min tahti โO Allaah, I ask You for WELL-BEING in this world and in the Hereafter. O Allaah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in my faith, my worldly affairs, my family and my wealth. O Allaah, conceal my faults and protect me from that which causes me to worry. O Allaah, PROTECT me from before me and from behind me, from my right and from my left, and from above me, and I seek refuge in Your greatness lest I be destroyed from beneath me).โ (Abu Dawood (5074) and Ibn Maajah (3871); saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani) ๐ธShaykh Abuโl-Hasan al-Mubaarakfoori said: โO Allaah, I ask You for well-beingโ means: Safety from anything that could undermine my faith and from worldly hardships. It was also said that what is meant is safety from sicknesses and calamities; or not being tested by them, and being granted patience in bearing them and acceptance of the divine decree. The word โaafiyah (well-being) refers to when Allah preserves a person and protects him from that which is disliked, and grants him well-being and protection from troubles and calamities.โ [Mirqaat al-Mafaateeh Sharh Mishkaat al-Masaabeeh (8/139)] f) Abd ar-Rahmaan ibn Abi Bakrah that he said to his father: O my father, I hear you supplicating every morning (saying), ุงููููููู ูู ุนูุงููููู ููู ุจูุฏูููู ุงููููููู ูู ุนูุงููููู ููู ุณูู ูุนูู ุงููููููู ูู ุนูุงููููู ููู ุจูุตูุฑูู ููุง ุฅููููู ุฅููููุง ุฃูููุชู โ O Allaah, grant me soundness in my body; O Allaah, grant me soundness in my hearing; O Allaah, grant me soundness in my sight, there is no god but You, and you repeat it three times in the morning and three times in the evening. He said: Yes, O my son; I heard the Messenger of Allah Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam supplicating with (these words) and I like to follow his Sunnah.โ [Ahmad (19917) and Abu Dawood (5090); chasan by al-Albaani] And there are others 4โฃMake duaa to Allaah a) Umar radhi Allaahu anhu said: โOne of the duโaaโs of the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam was: ุงููููููู ูู ุฅููููู ุฃูุนููุฐู ุจููู ู ููู ุฒูููุงูู ููุนูู ูุชููู ุ ููุชูุญูููููู ุนูุงููููุชููู ุ ููููุฌูุงุกูุฉู ููููู ูุชููู ุ ููุฌูู ููุนู ุณูุฎูุทููู โAllahumma inni aโoodhu bika min zawaali niโamatika wa tahawwul โaafiyatika wa fujaaโati niqmatika wa jameeโi sakhatika โO Allaah, I seek refuge with You from the withdrawing of Your blessing, and the loss of the well-being that You granted me, and the sudden onset of Your wrath, and anything that may lead to Your displeasure).โ [Saheeh Muslim (2739)] ๐ธAn-Nawawi said: โ[The word translated here as] โlossโ refers to a change in something and disconnection from something. It is as if he was asking for continual well-being, which is protection from pain and sickness. [Fayd al-Qadeer (2/140)] ๐ธAl-โAzeemabaadi said: โthe loss of the well-being that You granted meโ refers to health being replaced with sickness, and independence of means being replaced with poverty.โ [โAwn al-Maโbood Sharh Sunan Abi Dawood (4/283)] b) Anas radhi Allaahu anhu said that the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam used to say: ุงููููููู ูู ุฅููููู ุฃูุนููุฐู ุจููู ู ููู ุงููุจูุฑูุตู ููุงููุฌูููููู ููุงููุฌูุฐูุงู ู ููู ููู ุณููููุฆู ุงููุฃูุณูููุงู ู โAllahumma inni a โoodhu bika min al-barasi waโl-junooni waโl-judhaami wa min sayyiโ il-asqaam โO Allaah, I seek refuge with you from leprosy, and from insanity, and from paralysis, and from evil diseases.โ [Ahmad (12592), Abu Dawood (1554) Others saheeh by al-Albaani] ๐ธAt-Teebi said: โThe reason why he did not seek refuge with Allaah from sicknesses in general terms is that some sicknesses may be easy to bear but bring a great deal of reward if one bears them with patience and they are not chronic, such as fevers, headaches and inflammations of the eye. Rather the hadeeth is seeking refuge with Allaah from CHRONIC SICKNESS, which can lead a person into a situation where a close friend will flee from him and he will not have many people around him to comfort him and take care of him, and โ moreover โ may carry a great deal of stigma.โ 5โฃ Thank Allaah The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said: โWhoever sees a person who is afflicted with some trial and says, ุงููุญูู ูุฏู ููููููู ุงูููุฐูู ุนูุงููุงููู ู ูู ููุง ุงุจูุชููุงูู ุจููู ููููุถููููููู ุนูููู ููุซููุฑู ู ูู ูููู ุฎููููู ุชูููุถููููุง โAl-hamdu Lillaah alladhi โaafani mimma abtalaaka bihi wa faddalani โala katheer mimman khalaqa tafdeelan โPraise be to Allaah who has spared me that with which He has tested you and has favoured me over many of those whom He has createdโ that trial will not befall him.โ [al-Tirmidhi (3432) and Ibn Maajah (3892); saheeh by al-Albaani] 6โฃ When you leave home Say the following duaa every time you leave home, and youโll be protected against ALL harm. The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said: โWhoever says โ i.e., when he leaves his house, ุจุงุณูู ู ุงูููููู ุ ุชููููููููุชู ุนูู ุงูููููู ุ ูููุงู ุญููููู ูููุงู ูููููุฉู ุฅููุงูู ุจุงูููููู Bismillaah, tawakkaltu โala Allaah, wa laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa Billaah โIn the name of Allaah, I put my trust in Allaah and there is no power and no strength except with Allaahโ , it will be said to him: You are taken care of and you are protected and guided, and the devils will move away from him, and one devil says: What can you do with a man who has been guided, taken care of and protected? [Abu Dawood (5095) and al-Tirmidhi (3462); saheeh by al-Albaani] 7โฃ Take PRECAUTIONS -Wash hands frequently -Avoid crowded places -Cover your cough -Use common sense May Allaah protect us all from ALL kinds of diseases, physical and spiritual Ameen And Allaah knows best
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