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(Karnataka, India) Daily wage labourer Abdurrahman Goodinabali and his wife had worked hard for years saving money to fulfil their desire to go for the annual Hajj in Makkah and Madina. The couple probably would have embarked on the pilgrimage next year, but the fear that holding on to the money when people around them are suffering due to the coronavirus lockdown would bring them a curse held them back. “Like any Muslim, my parents too wished to go on the Hajj and had saved money after working for years,” said Elyas, Abdurrahman’s son. My father is a coolie and my mother rolls bidis for an earning. My father had been saving money for years to go to the pilgrimage. But he felt when people around him are suffering due to the lockdown, holding on to the money would bring a curse upon him. So he decided to feed the needy,” Elyas wrote on his Facebook page, which has gone viral. Considered the fifth pillar of Islam, the annual Hajj pilgrimage is a religious obligation for...

COVID-19  ,  according  to the World Health Organization. It has affected almost the whole world and has  paralyzed the normal life of almost everyone – causing the death of  tens of thousands  by now. Countries and nations, even  the developed ones, have utterly failed to treat and effectively manage this pandemic. This short  paper is intended to shed light on the causes, management, treatment, and protection from  this disease from an Islamic perspective.  Causes of the Disease Medically speaking, it is not clear exactly how contagious the coronavirus may be. It is thought  to spread through close personal contact. It may also spread if a person touches a surface with the virus  on it and then he/she touches his/her mouth, nose or eyes. Whatever the medical reasons may be, it is  true that the virus is a creation of Allah (God). It happens with His knowledge and permission as the  Holy Qur’an (6:59)...