When it doesn’t work, will they question their assumptions? Of course not. They will question their own level of commitment to the Islamic faith. This never-ending cycle leads some Muslims to wage violent jihad as well. They see something wrong in their life and see that Muhammad praised jihad as the highest human endeavor, so they wage jihad to make up for their sins or escape some misfortune.
“Azan echoes in Mardan villages to ward off coronavirus,” by Syed Bukhar Shah, The News International, March 30, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
PESHAWAR: The muezzins in various villages in Mardan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recited Azan (call for prayer) from mosques at 10:30pm, which continued till 11pm in a bid to shake off the coronavirus.
The people also joined the muezzins and started reciting the Azan from rooftops to seek Almighty Allah’s help to get rid of the coronavirus that has forced cities across the globe to go into lockdown, bringing the routine life to a grinding halt. A local dispenser said he could not figure it out when he heard the call for prayer after the Isha prayer was offered. However, he also asked his son, who was learning the Holy Quran by heart, to recite the Azan from his house when his brother told him to do so. The elders recalled that reciting Azan had been the practice since ages to invoke Allah’s mercy in order to seek His protection from natural calamities and disasters. Some religious people argued that the coronavirus pandemic was a test from Allah and only He could avert it. Earlier, the prayer leaders and ordinary people in Peshawar had also recited Azan from mosques and rooftops to seek Allah’s mercy and forgiveness. The Ulema in the Friday sermons directed the faithful to follow precautionary measures to save themselves from coronavirus and also recite verses from the Holy Quran.
“Precautionary measures are necessary and these must be followed, but offering collective azan and prayers will avert these disastrous,” said one Zaman Khan….