The new beginning of Hajj 2020 amidst social distancing
After the outbreak of Novel Corona Virus, the countries were shut down, and people were asked to stay quarantined. The malls were closed, schools, movie theatres and the pilgrims and shrines. People were asked to maintain social distancing and to avoid travelling or going out to even office. Millions of tickets were cancelled because of the pandemic. And one amongst any was Hajj 2020.
Hajj
is a holy pilgrimage of the Muslim community. People go there to offer their
prayers. This year even the sacred shrine of Mecca and Medina was also closed
for pilgrims to avoid the deadly outbreak. It made people upset, but everyone
was already aware of why it was necessary.
The
numbers of infected people have drastically decreased now in some of the worse
affected regions, and people are returning to their healthy lives, slowly but
definitely. And there has been as the announcement that Hajj 2020 has commenced
again. People can now back go for Hajj but must follow strict social distancing
rules.
Earlier,
it used to be a massive crowd. Millions of people come together to offer their
prayers and to seek the blessings of mighty Allah. In the current situation of
pandemic and strict rules by the government, there is a significant reduction
in the number of pilgrims. The government has put several restrictions and
checkpoints to cross before entering the shrine.
Only
a certain number of pilgrims will be allowed to go for prayer at once. No more
than 1000 pilgrims can enter the Kaaba at once. Wearing the mask and
maintaining the social distance is mandatory. Before attending the sermon, the
pilgrims will have to go through temperature checks to make sure that they are
not showing any symptoms of Corona virus.
The
blow that came with news is that only people residing in Saudi Arabia can go
for Hajj this year as no outsider will be allowed to enter the country.
According to the new advisory, pilgrims are not allowed to touch the Kaaba by
their hands like earlier to avoid the deadly outbreak at any chance.
The mosque is sanitized daily to keep it clean from any virus contracted by any chance. Also, only the people falling under the age of 20-25 years mostly are allowed to perform Hajj 2020 as they have stronger immunity than older ones. The risk has reduced drastically by these rules followed in the holy shrine under the supervision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia government.
Kudos to the philanthropist Sheikh Umar Farooq Zahoor, who has taken on himself tomake amends and express his gratitude towards the precautionary measures and decision taken by the government of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to go for Hajj 2020 in this pandemic of Covid 19. He knows thatit’s not going to be easy for believers but hoping it will be recovered in next year and worshippers all across the globe will unite again on the holy land to perform the Hajj.
The novel corona virus pandemic has infected more than 20 million people
worldwide and still shows no sign to stop anytime soon. In this deadly
pandemic, prevention is way better than cure, and the governments of all
country are following it religiously.
Muslims
all over the world are upset because of not being able to go for Hajj as they
saved up for it and made plans and booked tickets. But they are also happy that
they and their loved ones are at least safe from the virus and are alive and
consider it no less than a blessing of Allah.
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