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LUCKNOW: What if one develops fever during roza (fasting)? How can one compensate the loss of roza due to Covid-19 management? Can zakat (donation) be given to provide food and medicines to a Covid-19 patient in the neighbourhood? Is it haram (prohibited) to take vaccine during roza? These are some of the queries that are flooding Shia and Sunni helplines in the city as coronavirus pandemic weighs heavy on the minds of rozedars during the holy month of Ramzan.
On an average, 30-40% of the queries on helplines are related to Covid-19.
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LUCKNOW: What if one develops fever during roza (fasting)? How can one compensate the loss of roza due to Covid-19 management? Can zakat (donation) be given to provide food and medicines to a Covid-19 patient in the neighbourhood? Is it haram (prohibited) to take vaccine during roza? These are some of the queries that are flooding Shia and Sunni helplines in the city as coronavirus pandemic weighs heavy on the minds of rozedars during the holy month of Ramzan.
On an average, 30-40% of the queries on helplines are related to Covid-19.
“The world is passing through an unprecedented crisis and uncertainty is affecting everyone.
The sentiment is bound to reflect on the thought process of rozedars as well.
We try to clear their doubts in the light of the Quran and Hadis,” said Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali of the Islamic Centre of India.
Maulana Saif Abbas, whose team runs a helpline for Shias, said: “People have stress and doubts on how to follow the rules and regulations for Ramzan during the pandemic.
Our helpline tries to simplify things for believers.
About 25-30% queries are related to pandemic alone.” Clerics said most of the people ask if a person with co-morbid conditions can observe fast or not.