The Muslim community in South Africa are urged to give a little extra during Ramadan, given the dire financial need in the broader community as a result of the national lockdown. That’s the impassioned call by the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) Fatwah Department as it announced that fitrah has been[…]
The reality of the coronavirus is changing the way Muslims have to conduct their janazahs in South Africa. The country’s stringent lockdown regulations require Muslims to re-think the way funerals have traditionally been carried out and keep in line with government’s policy on social distancing. At a time of heightened[…]
The Muslim Community of South Africa, represented by numerous social welfare, emergency relief and civil society organisations have heard the call of President Cyril Ramaphosa to assist the poor and vulnerable during the 21-day lockdown period. “We have immediately expended R1m in aid spending and resources to assist with the[…]
Questions around the processes for the burial of Muslim coronavirus patients have been raised, bringing to the fore a range of important issues from an Islamic and health perspective. As it stands South Africa has 402 confirmed cases of Covid-19. Gauteng has the highest cases of the virus and the Western[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council – SA has released its official statement after it revised its fatwa on COVID19 yesterday. After consultation with medical experts and other stakeholders, the MJC has declared that Jumuah prayers will be suspended for a period of four weeks. However, it hastened to add that it is[…]
VOC News has learnt that the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has revised its fatwa on the opening of masajid in Cape Town. According to sources inside the MJC, Jumuah will be suspended for 4 weeks. However, masajid can remain open for the five daily prayers. The decision was revised after[…]
THE CORONA VIRUS AND OUR RELIGIOUS OBLIGATIONS The outbreak of the Corona virus pandemic, and the preventative measures adopted by our government as announced in the President’s speech on 15/03/2020, have necessitated that the manner in which Muslims conduct their religious obligations align with the universal imperative of containing the[…]
Several local masajid have announced that they are temporarily closing their doors in the wake of widespread fear around the spreading of the coronavirus. It comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the National State of Disaster on Sunday evening, following an increase in the number of South African patients testing positive[…]
With increasing concern around how Muslims should safeguard against the novel coronavirus, the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has issued some guidelines to mosques and musallees in a bid to lower the risk of the virus spreading. The World Health Organisation has declared COVID19 a global pandemic, as more than 4,900[…]
By Aneeqa Du Plessis Darul Islam High school hall was filled with various Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) senior ulema, shuyookh, school principals, madaris, hifth teachers and other Islamic organisations who gathered on Wednesday to be briefed by medical professionals and alims on a collective response and way forward in dealing[…]
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