Coronavirus the contagion is inflicting catastrophe on the people across the globe. Doctors, WHO and health governments across the globe asking the people to practice good hygiene and observe social distancing. However, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) has said this 1400 years ago. A billboard in Chicago, USA is depicting what the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said about precautionary measures.
What Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Said
Narrated `Aisha: “(the wife of the Prophet) that she asked Allah’s Apostle about the plague and Allah’s Apostle informed her saying, Plague was a punishment which Allah used to send on whom He wished, but Allah 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 Allah has ordained for him, but that Allah will grant him a reward similar to that of a martyr.” SAHIH BUKHARI HADITH NO. 5734.
Furthermore, the Holy Prophet also described the cure of diseases, including COVID-19.
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: “(The Prophet said), Healing is in three things: A gulp of honey, cupping, and branding with fire (cauterizing). But I forbid my followers to use (cauterization) branding with fire.” SAHIH BUKHARI HADITH NO. 5680.
“Whenever the Messenger of Allah sneezed, he would cover his mouth with his hand or a piece of cloth,” Hadith.
Besides, the Prophet restrained going to a region where the contagious disease has broken out. Awf said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah? (PBUH) say: If you hear that (the plague) is in a land, do not go there, and if it breaks out in a land where you are, do not leave, fleeing from it.”
On the billboard in Chicago, it is written what Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said. “Wash Hand Regularly”; “Do not leave the infected area”; “Do not visit the infected area,” the billboard reads.
Above all, the mercy to the worlds, Prophet Muhammad’s message is pertinent to the world. The only cure for the lethal pandemic is following the Prophet Muhammad’s advice.
