 الحمد لله يجيب المضر إذا دعاه ويغيث الملهوف إذا ناداه ويكشف السؤى ويفرّج الكروبات لا تحيى القلوب إلا بذكره ولا يقع أمر إلا بإذنه ولا يتخلص من مكروه إلا برحمته ولا يحفظ شيء إلا بكلاءاته ولا يدرك مأمول إلا بتيسيره ولا تنال سعادة إلا بطاعته واشد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده ولا شريك له رب العالمين وإله الأولين والآخرين وقيوم السماوات والأراضين واشد أن محمد عبده ورسوله المبعوث بالكتاب المبين والصراط القويم صلى الله وسلم عليه وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين أما بعد إن شاء الله وإتعالى I want to give 10 advices in regards to the epidemic, the coronavirus 10 advices that we Muslims should be taking in regards to this I ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى أن يرفع عنه وعن المسلمين أينما كانوا كل ضر وبلى وأن يكشف عنه شدة وأن يحفظنا أجمعين بما يحفظ به عباده الصالحين إنه وليه ذلك والقادر عليه The first step inshallah that we should take in order to overcome this problem is to say before the calamity generally comes we should say for those who are not afflicted with it to say the following أثمان بلا عفاني رضي الله تعالى عنه he said I heard the prophet ﷺ say من قال anyone who says بسم الله الذي لا يضر مع اسمه شيء في الأرض ولا في السماء وهو السميع العليم anyone who says this three times لم يصبه فجأة بلاء حتى يصبح ومن قالها حين يصبح ثلاثة مرات لم تصبه فجأة بلاء حتى يمسي The prophet ﷺ said anyone who says this بسم الله لا يضر مع اسمه شيء في الأرض ولا في السماء وهو السميع العليم three times That whole entire day that person will not be afflicted by any pestilence any epidemic and any viruses And anyone who says it in the morning he will not be afflicted in the evening And anyone who says it in the evening he will not be afflicted in the morning يعني this dua can prevent from you the illness coming your way The second point insha'Allah is to increase in saying لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إني كنت من الظالمين الله says in the Qur'an وذنوني إذ ذهب مغاضبا فظن ألا نقدر عليه فنادا في الظلمات فنادا في الظلمات إلا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إني كنت من الظالمين فاستجبنا له ونجيناه من الغم وكذلك ننج المؤمنين نبي الله يونس ابن متى He said the following dua which is لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إني كنت من الظالمين And when he said that الله سبحانه وتعالى he said فاستجبنا له ويقصبت it from him ونجيناه and we saved him from من الغم the distress And Allah then says وكذلك ننج المؤمنين And we do that for the believers ابن كثير يسدن تفسير of this ayah He says وكذلك ننج المؤمنين It means if they are in hardship ودعونا منيبين إلينا And they call on to us Running to us ولاسيما إذا دعو بهذا الدعاء في حال البلاء Especially if they call on to Allah By making this dua at the times of hardship وكذلك ننج المؤمنين الله تبارك وتعالى we will save you from the problems وليذلك الحديث ألمان أحمد انتر ميلي نريتر is That the prophet said دعوة ذنوني إذ دعا بها وهو في بطن الحروة لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إني كنت من الظالمين لم يدعو بها رجل في شيء قطن إلا استجاب الله له The prophet said that the dua of ذنون يعني يونس بنومتها was when he was in the stomach of the hut the whale was that he said لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إني كنت من الظالمين and the prophet said لم يدعو بها رجل there is not a man or a woman who makes this by saying لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إني كنت من الظالمين إلا استجاب الله له except Allah will accept Allah will give you what you ask for العلامة ابن القي من he said something because this word لا إله إلا أنت shows a statement ابن القي من his فوائد he said فما دفعت شدائل الدنيا بمثل التوحيد the calamities of this world and the hardship of this world there is no greater way to repel it and push it away except through a توحيد ولذلك كان دعاء الكرب بالتوحيد ودعوة ذنوني التي ما دع بها مقروب إلا فرج الله كربه بالتوحيد فلا يلقى في الكروب العظام إلا الشرك ولا ينجى منها إلا التوحيد فهو مفزع الخليقة وملجأها وحسنها وغياثها وبالله التوفيق ابن القي من he said that there is no calamities and hardship and distress that a person is put through except that توحيد is the best way to remove it and this is the dua that is made which is لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إني كنت من الظالمين it's called دعاء الكرب the dua of distress and that's what نبي الله يونس ابن متع used and Allah removed from him the harm and there is no other way ابن القي greater there's nothing greater that can bring calamities and hardship greater than shirk shirk brings a lot of calamities and shirk brings about a lot of distress it's the greatest if you want to be stressed and you want to go through hardship and pain take shirk and if you want to remove hardship and pain and suffering توحيد فهو مفزع الخليقة توحيد is the source that we run back to at times of hardship it is our fortress it is what we result to و بالله توفيق من القيم سر step three إن شاء الله the third advice that I want all of you to take on regarding the coronavirus is التعود من جهد البلاء to seek refuge in Allah from the distress of calamities and trials and tribulations to seek refuge in Allah from it أبو غيرا he narrated and he found it in Bukhari كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم that the prophet of Allah يتعود من جهد البلاء that the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he used to seek refuge in Allah from the distress of trials and tribulations he used to عليه الصلاة والسلام so this is the point كان صلى الله عليه وسلم يتعود من جهد البلاء seek refuge in Allah from it all of us should teach ourselves to really say أعود بالله من جهد البلاء seek refuge in Allah from it سبحانه وتعالى also the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم commanded us to do it this hadith shows that the prophet did it but the hadith I narrated by Abu Ghraira the prophet commanded us and he said تعود بالله من جهد البلاء seek refuge in Allah from the distress of calamities number four the fourth step that insha'Allah I encourage you all to take is المحافظة على الدعاء الخروج من المنزلي to make the dua when you're leaving your houses when you're leaving your houses make the dua you can take all the precautions out there if you do not make these things these dua تعود من جهد البلاء and you don't make this دعاء of يونس بن متى لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إني كنت من الظالم or you do not do محافظة على دعاء الخروج من المنزلي this tissue that you use to prevent yourself from this or the distance that you take from being close to people or or the avoiding of being in crowded areas all of that is not necessarily going to work because all of this comes from الله سبحانه وتعالى أنا سبحانه وتعالى أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال that the prophet said إذا خرج الرجل من بيتي if a man leaves his house فقال أن he says بسم الله توكلت على الله إن الله in the name of Allah on him alone do I rely on لا حولة ولا قوة إلا بالله there is no strength there is no ability except through Allah تبارك و تعالى the person the minute he makes that dua which is the dua when you leave your house it will be set to him when you say حين إذن straight away it will be set to the person who did you are guided و كوفيتا أن you are sufficed و وقيتا أن you are prevented and protected then the narration mentions فتتا نحا له الشياطين the shayateen will move away from that person the shayateen will leave that person's surroundings they will avoid him you see and they will say the shaitan will say to the other shaitan he will say فلك برجل how can we harm a man that was said to him قد هديتا و كوفية و وقية a man who has been sufficed and guided and protected how can we harm him له معقبات من بين يدي و من خلق يحفظونه من أمر الله this person is protected because الله سبحانه وتعالى has sent for him his army و ما يعلموا جنود ربك إلا هو no one knows Allah's army سبحانه وتعالى the fifth advice that I want to give إن شاء الله إن تعالى that will help us in regards to this epidemic coronavirus is سؤال الله العافية عند الصلاحي والمساء asking Allah for health and well-being in the morning and in the evening و لذلك عبد الله بن عمال رضي الله تعالى عنهما he said the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he was an individual that he would make these supplications الله ما إن يأسألك العافية في الدنيا والآخرة الله ما إن يأسألك العافة والعافية في دين ودنيايا وأهلي ومالي الله مستر عوراتي وأام الروعاتي الله محفظني من بين يدي ومن خلف وعن يمين وعن شمال ومن فوق وعوذ بعظمتك أنه اختال من تحت the prophet وما يقلس دعا عليما محمد and others narrated الله ما أو الله الله ما إن يأسألك العافية or I ask for well-being health in this dunya and in the Akhira الله ما إن يأسألك العافة والعافية في دين ودنيايا or Allah I ask for forgiveness and I also ask for health in my religion and in my worldly affairs وأهلي and in my family ومالي and in my wealth this is the dua that the prophet will make الله مستر عوراتي or Allah can seal my shortcomings and my faults وأام الروعاتي and bring peace to my mind الله محفظني من بين يديا or Allah protect me from in the front protect me from the front ومن خلفي and protect me from the back وعن يميني protect me from my right وعن شمالي and protect me from my left ومن فوقي protect me from the high above وأعود بعظمتك and Ohtala من تحت and in you Allah I seek refuge in you that I get harmed from beneath this is the dua that the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم when he used to make سؤال الله العافية asking Allah for health and well-being عدة الصباح والمساء in the morning and in the evening the sixth step is كفرة الدعاء increase in supplicating generally عبد الله بن عمال رضي الله تعالى عنهما he said the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said من فتح له منكم باب الدعاء فتح له أبواب الرحمة وما سؤال الله شيئا أحب إليه من أن يسأل العافية الله تبارك وتعالى if he opens the door for a person of dua this person makes dua if that door is open for you the prophet said that the door of mass has really been opened for you you see then the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said وما سؤال الله شيئا Allah has never been asked pay attention pay attention and underline this point الله has not been asked سبحانه وتعالى anything more beloved to him than what من أن يسأل العافية for him to be asked about عافية عافية means health and well-being the thing that Allah loves the most if that person asks him for العافية the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم also said إن الدعاء ينفع من ما نزل ومن ما لم ينزل فعليكم عباد الله بالدعاء و�� he immediately narrated this on others that the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said that dua benefit for what ever has beаетied in you if something has happened to you then the dua can come to you and the dua also works that that which hasn't happened to you yet you see and then the prophet then said فعليكمأباد الله بالدعاء and the slave of Allah upon you is to supplicate so increase Allahijeه and Allah is generous سبحانه وتعالى لا يوجد أسلاف الذي يضع أسلافه و يبقى الله تبارك وتبارك وتبارك و يجب أن الله يعطيه ماذا يسأل forه نمال 7 توقل المواضع التي فيها الوباء تجاوز المكان where these corona viruses is mentioned تبقى منها عبد الله ابن عامر رضي الله تعالى عنه مع يقول أن عمر رضي الله و عنه أن عمر رضي الله و عنه خرج إلى الشام و去了 إلى الشام فلما كان بالسرغة بلغه أن الوباء قد وقع بالشام و عند عمر رضي الله و عنه و قمت إلى مكان known as سرغا عنده قمت إلى هذا المكان عمر رضي الله و عنه و قمت إلى أنه كانت تجاوز كانت تجاوز كانت تجاوز في الشام عبد الرحمن ابن عوفين came to عمر رضي الله و عنه و قمت إلىه إذا سمعتم به بأرض فلا تقدموا عليه إذا كنت تسمعوا من مجموعة من مجموعة أن تجاوز فلا تقدموا عليه و إذا وقع بأرض و أنتم بها و إذا كنت في المكان و أين حدث الأحدام و أنت في المكان و أين حدث الأحدام فلا تقدموا عليه فلا تخرجوا فرانا منه لا تتركوا هذا المكان تتركوا من الأحدام أبو هوريرا also narrated that the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and he said لا يورد الممرض على المصحي that a person who is healthy should not be in contact with a person who is sick should avoid it so Islam is a very practical religion all these are things that our prophet عليه الصلاة و سلام spoke about stay away from places where there is large gatherings where there are many people who are going to come some people today they wanted to do particular things and that's what they wanted to do and so what happened to them is they were not able to do this because of the epidemic and so what did they do they started to blame governments and systems and they started to blame organizations because of the fact that these governments or these organizations have prevented them from large gatherings and this is not a wrong action on behalf of these governments and it's not a wrong action on behalf of these organizations because it's part of our religion to stay away from places where there are these viruses we should stay away from it so if you know there is a person who is sick and you know there is a person to avoid it number 8 صناع المعروف و بدل الإحسان being kind and generous and good to people is actually one of the ways that Allah سبحانه وتعالى removes calamities and illnesses from people أنا سيرضي الله عنه he heard from the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم that the prophet said صناع المعروف تقيم صارع السوء والآفات والهلكات وأهل المعروف في الدنيا هم أهل المعروف في الآخرة the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said the good doers those who do good for others they are prevented from things that are harmful they are prevented from plays and epidemics they are prevented from harmful things and destruction Allah prevents them from it and the prophet went on to say وأهل المعروف في الدنيا the good doers of this earth are the same good doers in hereafter ابن القيم said something very powerful in regards to this hadith in his great kitab زاد المعادي ابن القيم said ومن عظم علاجات المرضي one of the greatest ways to prevent illnesses is فعل الخير والإحسان is to do good to the people with ذكره and to remember Allah a lot ودععه to supplicate والتضرع to humble yourself to Allah وعلى الله تعالى وليبتهالوا إلى الله humiliating and surrendering yourself to Allah وعلى الله تعالى والتوبة and repenting from your shortcomings and then he said ولي هذه الأمور تأثير في دفع العلل these things they have the ability to remove hardship with the permission of Allah وحصول الشفاء and to bring it back here أعظم من الأدوية الطبيعية and these these things have a great effect than the medicine that a person takes فعل الخير والإحسان doing good to others ذكره الله تعالى وعلى الله تعالى supplicating humbling and humiliating yourself to Allah وعلى الله تعالى also repenting to Allah وعلى الله تعالى ابن القيم saying this has a great effect and it can bring a quicker result and an effective result and bring about more cure than any medication that can ever be brought ولكن بحسب استعداد النفسي وقبولها وعقيدتها في ذلك ونفئه ومن ابن القيم he went on to saying that this concept of doing good for others and remembering Allah and dua and humbling yourself for Allah and repenting to Him all of these will only work in accordance to the person's عقيدة it will work in accordance to the person's عقيدة and the person's نفس what type of person are you do you see a person can take a seat and he can plant it into the earth and he can water it but if that earth doesn't accept it it doesn't work it's not that the seat is not working and it's not because the water isn't working it's because this earth is not accepting of it so all of this your نفس has to be accepting of it and also you also have to have the right عقيدة intact نمى النين قيام الليل برينت الله at night سبحانه واتعالى الإمام الترميديو نريتر that بلالاً رضي الله عنه يساد أدى فرص الله عليه وسلم وساد عليكم بقيام الليل فإن ودأبوا الصالحين قبلكم وإن قيام الليل قربة إلى الله ومنهات عن الإثم وتكفيروا للسيئات ومطردت للدائي عن الجسدي قيام الليل is the action of the righteous people وإن قيام الليل and the praying of the night is قربة إلى الله تعالى it brings you closer to Allah ومنهات عن الإثم and it removes and gets rid of a hardship these are sins and shortcomings it prevents you from sins قيام الليل وتكفيروا للسيئات and it's an expiation for your shortcomings and your mistakes ومطردت للدائي عن الجسدي and it is also a preventer قيام الليل prevents للدائي illnesses from where? عن الجسدي from the body قيام الليل does that praying to Allah تبارك وتعالى at night the last and final one إن شاء الله وتعالى is تغضيرت الإناء وإيكاء السقاء covering the vessels and the containers and placing cover over it جابر بن عبد الله رضي الله وتعالى عنهما he said I heard the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم say غط الإناء cover cover the the containers وقوك السقاء and the water skin the place where you drink water from seal the mouth فإن في سنة ليلة the prophet said in the year there's a one time within the year that's an epidemic ينزل فيها وابع the within the year there's one epidemic that comes a virus comes the prophet said صلى الله عليه وسلم لا يمر بإناء إليس عليه غط اجضاء and that illness when it comes it doesn't go by a vessel that's covered it doesn't touch it you see او سقاء إليس عليه وكاون إلا نزل فيه من دالك الوضع if there's any vessels and there's cups and there's pots and there's pans that will leave open these illnesses that go into it the prophet saying this if you leave it open علي صلى الله عليه وسلم ابن القيم said something very powerful regarding this he said وهذا and this is مِمَّا لَا تَنَالُهُ عُلُومُ الْأَطْبَاءِ وَمَا عَرِفُهُمُ this is beyond the knowledge of the scientists and the doctors this statement of the prophet عليه الصلاة و السلام this is what the knowledge of the scientists and the doctors haven't reached their comprehension and their knowledge hasn't reached this وهذا مِمَّا لَا تَنَالُهُ عُلُومُ الْأَطْبَاءِ وَمَا عَرِفُهُمُ I want to conclude by saying it is upon every individual to surrender his affairs to Allah تَبَارَكُ وَتَعَالَهُ hoping from Allah تَبَارَكُ وَتَعَالَهُ وَتَعَالَهُ virtue and hoping to get closer to him سبحانه و تعالى all of our affairs are in the hands of Allah سبحانه و تعالى he's the one who controls it he controlled it way before we came into existence and he's controlling it now and he will always be controlling it سبحانه و تعالى we also should nurture ourselves with patience and remind ourselves the reward of patience and it's virtue Allah says in the Qur'an إنما يُوفَّ الصابِرُونَ أجرهم بغيرِ حساب those who are patient their reward is uncountable there is no number to it الله تَبَارَكُ وَتَعَالَهِهِ he said إنما يُوفَّ الصابِرُونَ أجرهم بغيرِ حساب there is no accountability there is just going to get reward unrestricted reward عايش رضي الله و تعالى عنها she said when she said أنها سألت she asked the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم about the plague she asked him about the طاعون and then the prophet said إنو كان عذابا يبعاثوه الله و على من يشاء the epidemics and viruses are a punishment الله سبحانه و تعالى سنس the plague was this illness was a punishment الله تبارك و تعالى he sent على من يشاء to whoever he wills فجاء علىه الله رحمة اللي المؤمنين but for the believers الله made it a mercy mercy فليس من عبد يقع طاعون because there is not a believer that is afflicted with the طاعون the plague or the virus فيمكث في بلدي and remains in his land صابرا and he is patient يعلمه and he knows in his heart أنه لا يصيبه إلا ما كتب الله له and he knows that it will not afflict him except that which Allah wrote for him سبحانه و تعالى إلا كان له مثل آجر الشهيد except that he gets the reward of a martyr two things is needed from that believer after he has come with إيمان two things that is needed from him the first thing is that he is صابر he is patient he is patient the second that isn't thing is needed from him is he knows that the only thing that's going to happen to him is what was written for him أنه لا يصيبه إلا ما كتب الله له the only thing that will afflict him is that which Allah wrote for him سبحانه و تعالى if you do that you will get the reward of a person who is a martyr you get the reward of a martyr أسأل الله أياصك الله تبارك وتعالى أن يوفقنا أجمعين لما يحبه و يرضى من العمل الصالح والقول الجميل فإنه يقول الحق وهو يهدي السبيل سبحانك اللهم بحمدك أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله أستغفروك وأتوب إلي