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Ramadhan Kareem 2020 in Most of Islamic World Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Ramadan Kareem 2020 is a 9th month on the Muslims calendar, which is known as Fasting month also, which is the known to be one of the important parts of 5 pillars of Islam. To all Muslims, may this Ramadan bring lots of happiness, prosperity, and togetherness for you and your family. Furthermore, fasting also teaches tolerance and patience in yourself. And not just this but fasting also teaches to stay away from any of the sinful emotions including anger.  Due to the virus outbreak - which has infected nearly 2,700,000 persons so far across the globe and claimed over 188,000 lives - several countries are under a state of lockdown. The Islamic nations are no exception, with almost all Muslim-majority nations announcing a closure on mosques, shrines and other holy places.  Saudi Arabia, where the two holiest sites of Islam - Kaaba in Makkah and Masjid-e-Nabvi (Prophet's Mosque) in Madinah - is also under a heightened state of shutdown due to the threat posed by coronavirus.

THE ADVANTAGES OF THE NIGHT OF NISFU SYA’BAN

Salam Nisfu Sya’ban 1441H/ 8 April 2020M. Alhamdulillah, praise and thanks to Allah for the countless blessings He has blessed us all with. Blessings and salutations to the Prophet Muhammad PBUH, his wives, his family, companions and all those that follow his teachings to the day of judgement. The month of Sya’ban is one of the honoured months in syarak. The Messenger PBUH increases his worships in this month and it is sunnah for us to increase our good deeds and worships as stated in a sahih hadith. Furthermore, there are several hadiths which explain the advantages of the night of nisfu Sya’ban. The related hadiths regarding the advantages of the night of nisfu Sya’ban are narrated from the Prophet PBUH through several paths of the narration. Among the paths are from Abu Musa al-Asy’ari RA, Aisyah RA, Abu Tha’labah RA, Abdullah bin Amr RA, Mu’az bin Jabal RA, Abu Hurairah RA and Abu Bakar RA. Matan Hadith Here, we present several matan hadiths related to the adva