so remember this we have to say we have to speak similarly in our country the government has issued
a directive the president spoke whether we like it or not he is in charge of the nation at the moment
subhanAllah he says you shall not gather more than a hundred people he knows what he's talking about
he definitely knows what he's talking about take a look at the other countries go and study I studied
South Korea patient number 31 that's what they say go and study what happened to that patient
they spread it from a church service do you really want people say that the Muslims spread
it from the Masjid imagine if Makkah and Madinah had spread that virus throughout the globe the
world would not want to touch a Muslim they would say these Muslims have spread the virus from their
sacred places just as well at hindsight it was closed although at the time that they did all the
shutdowns we were very very pained and we to this day we are weeping I personally had a trip planned
with everything paid for and I've had to cancel it it's not like we didn't suffer financial loss but
at the same time financial loss is nothing when it comes to saving life my brother's my sisters this
is a very very important message many people are thinking one way or another son I excited to say
the masjid will be closed nobody's excited today we are seated here we're probably how many of us I
was counting after Salah and I said subhanAllah we'll probably about 30-40 maximum and we were
told not to gather more than a hundred for this reason in this Masjid and I'm speaking here but
masculine Falah in Harare Zimbabwe for the benefit of those who might listen to this later in other
countries we have decided that this Masjid will remain open you and I know that the numbers in
this particular part don't get to the numbers of restriction except on Gemara and a Friday so for
every other salah the masjid will remain open you are encouraged to make wudu at home and to come to
the masjid if you have symptoms of a flu or if you are unwell or if your immune system you know it
is weak compromised etc please risa lie at home there's no problem the Prophet SAW southern has
given us that leeway and so has Allah Subhanahu WA Ta'ala in fact it would be prohibited knowing
prohibited knowing that you are unwell somehow or knowing that you're throwing yourself into
destruction to actually come to a Masjid when I told to be a deacon in a Deluca Allah says never
ever throw your own self into destruction that's the same evidence that prohibits suicide when
at Abdullah and who succumb in Allah can become Rehema don't ever kill yourselves because Allah
is so merciful if you can't do it one way do it another way so my brothers and sisters remember
this these are beautiful rules and regulations if you're not well don't come if you're if you
are afraid of perhaps you might catch it or you might not if you've traveled overseas and you've
come back back to self quarantine perhaps stay above stay at home for at least five to six days
if there are any symptoms then don't come into the public and if you don't have symptoms you
may want to reintroduce yourself in a certain way in some countries they work they've already gone
into the lock down face no one's allowed to move in some countries the places of worship are all
closed here in this country like I said at the beginning we don't yet have a single confirmed
case but I promise you the minute there is one in a few days there will be hundreds may Allah
Subhanahu WA Ta'ala grant us these scholars of note senior scholars are actually making
a huge mistake by not reading and marrying the knowledge that they have and they do have
the knowledge but they're not marrying it with deep medical expertise on the ground and what's
going on I believe Britain and these other big countries are taking stringent measures some of
the most advanced countries in the world have already gone on lockdown may allah subhanahu
wa'ta'ala protect us don't ever think that just because you worship allah you're not going to
get sick don't ever think just because you worship allah you're okay your disease won't spread that
is actually foolish if that was the case none of us would ever need to move from our beds because
we were proper Muslims allowed they've carried us to the Masjid that's what people would have
believed we have to take these precautions and we have to make sure we take him seriously may Allah
Subhanahu WA Ta'ala protect all of us like I say I'm not telling you this to be frightened of it
if I was frightened I wouldn't have been here tonight but what I'm saying is it's our duty
as leaders to guide the people who look up to us to tell them listen from a religious perspective
you must take every necessary step and even a little bit more to make sure that the Moose on Liz
and the muslimeen and the hume and human beings humanity at large are not affected just like that