CII urges people to offer ‘Salat-e-Tauba’ today

Islamabad: A delegation of Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), led by its chairman, Dr. Qibla Ayaz, held a meeting with President Dr. Arif Alvi on Thursday. The meeting discussed the existing situation arising out of corona pandemic, says a press release.

The Ulema gave various suggestions to deal with the situation. The meeting urged the people to resort to Allah to seek His blessing by offering two ‘rakat Salat-e-Tauba’ today (Friday). The Ulema advised the people to seek forgiveness and repentance in individual prayers at their homes, which could help save the humanity from the current catastrophe.

It was also decided that Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Pir Noor ul Haq Qadri, would deliver ‘Jumma Khutba’ at the Aiwan-e-Sadr tomorrow and hold a prayer to seek Allah’s forgiveness after Jumma prayer, with extremely limited gathering and preventive measures will be ensured. It would be telecast live.

The President urged the Ulema to play their role in creating awareness about the preventive measures against Corona virus.

The meeting was also attended by Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Pir Noor ul Haq Qadri, Secretary, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination, Dr Tauqeer Ahmad Qureshi, Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Yousaf Naseem Khokhar, and a number of Ulema.