During the CoVid19 outbreak, there was one whatsapp, circulating around by (in my opinion) pretentious religious people.
The whatsapp was saying that before the pandemic, non-religious and/or non-Muslim people made fun of or mocked the niqab and daily wudhu practised by Muslims. The whatsapp went on to imply that God sent the virus and now everyone; including those people that made fun of niqab and wudhu; have to wear masks and wash their hands with sanitizers everyday just like the niqab-wearing & wudhu-practising Muslims they made fun of.
Now those people also have to wear masks like niqab and wash their hands often like wudhu everyday.
These Muslims were so gleefully ready to get back at those people that mocked them before, that they do not realise what they were saying.
First of all, these comparisons are "false equivalence". Wearing mask is not the same as wearing niqab. Doing wudhu is not the same as washing hands with soap and sanitizers.
By sharing this meme/tweet/message or whatever, they are demonstrating their ignorance of both science and of their own religion & religious rituals.
In trying to show how religious their are, they instead prove their own lack of knowledge of their own religion and science.
Washing your hands often to get rid of viruses and other microorganisms involves using alcohol based sanitizers and/or soap. Washing hands with water only is not effective to get rid of the viruses.
Wudhu is a religious rituals using clean water, not with alcohol or soap. Also, since it is haram to consume (or use alcohol in most matter), you cannot take wudhu with alcohol.
Hence, those who equate wudhu with sanitizing your hands with alcohol/soap to get rid of viruses are making a false equivalent; and also signalling their ignorance of the rules of their own religious rituals. You cannot take wudhu with alcohol!
As for equating niqab with masks, and implying that God sends the virus to remind people to wear niqab, - this also shows their ignorance and lack of reasoning skills.
Wearing niqab is not mandatory & only for women (if they choose to wear them).
Wearing mask to protect from viruses are done by everyone, men & women.
So, are you saying that God want men to wear niqab also?
Are you saying that wearing niqab is mandatory?
Would God send a horrendous disease just to remind people about something that is voluntary and not even mandatory?
Pretentious religious people are very quick to "virtue signal", that is, trying to show their virtuousness by sharing these kinds of messages without even thinking what they are sharing.
They are just sharing their ignorance, not to mention the audacity to claim that they know what God is thinking.
Next time, think before you share.
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Don't even get me started on those preachers that defy the lockdown (in the beginning) by saying that you can die anytime, anyhow, anywhere as per God's decree...
They went quiet when majority of their congregation did not support their view. This gives me hope that Malaysians Muslims are still sane reasonable people and not blind followers like sheep.
Enough ranting.
I can only pray for Malaysia's recovery and hopefully we get back to normal soon.
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