Diseases & Pandemics

The Quran 24:61 permits the diseased and the healthy to eat together or separately. It includes a clause to send salaam upon our own nafs... 

When the Covid-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) started affecting many people globally, countries went into lockdown. Social distancing became the norm. Everyone started wearing face masks. Those who were tested positive for the virus were put into isolation. ... The world was facing a pandemic! 

My daughter tested positive for the virus. She was in severe pain. By the Grace of Allah, we didn't have to hospitalise her or put her in isolation: a friend sent over his pulse oximeter; another sent over a portable oxygen concentrator. 

We were with her throughout her ordeal. We did not isolate her. We ate together. I even slept beside her on the same bed. I also developed a few symptoms. 

When her test first came positive, we had ourselves tested as well. By the Grace and Mercy of Allah, we tested negative. After her body had developed antibodies, I was tested again. Alhamdolillah, again my test result came negative. 

No, I'm not invincible. It was only the Mercy of Allah that He Protected me from the virus. 

The purpose to share this story is to glorify Allah and to help people realise that nothing happens without Allah decreeing it. All things good and bad happen with His Permission (Q57:22). The good is from Allah, while the bad is from our own nafs (Q4:79). We need to seek Allah's protection and forgiveness, and patiently endure whatever trials Allah decrees for us. May Allah help us, guide us, and improve our condition.

The رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ (Holy Spirit || Pure Command) has brought down The Quran in Truth from Our Lord (Q16:102). We need to learn to trust the guidance in The Quran.