A renowned Islamic scholar in Kano, Sheikh Nasir Adam, has described Ebola as a “monumental calamity” that was revealed in the glorious Quran, and that it was a reprisal meted out to the people of Prophet Moses (AS) for blatantly defying God’s injunctions.
Delivering a lecture entitled “The Islamic Perspective of Ebola” at a sensitisation forum organised by Kano State Ministry of Health, Adam said no disease was without cure as elucidated in the glorious Quran and that people were only ignorant of the cure.
He said the people of Prophet Moses misled by the pharaoh were vilified and cursed by God for their heinous crimes adding that Ebola was visited on them as a price for their disobedience.
He said it was wrong for one to resort to self medication without taken into cognisance the precarious implications stressing that even Islam had explicitly forbidden such a practice.
The Islamic scholar, however, stated that in today’s world God’s injunctions were flouted with impunity, lamenting that the proliferation of pornographic pictures and all forms of nudity being displayed on twitter and face book could be a precursor for the emerging apocalyptic virus.
Lending credence to his claim that Ebola was revealed in the Quran, the cleric maintained that Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) had proven the resurgence of Ebola even before it was known by the present generations.
“If the present generations could summon courage to disobey God and commit all forms of illicit act on earth, they should also expect to be rewarded with a humanitarian disaster like Ebola.”
In his welcome address, Kano state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, said knowing the gravity of the menace, the Kwankwaso administration had provided funds for any eventuality to be faced squarely, stressing, however, that people should fervently pray for divine intervention to prevail.
He said the forum had become imperative given the need for people to be sensitised for precautionary measures to be taken, adding that “in Nigeria Ebola is a new phenomenon.”
Also speaking, the National Coordinator for the Eradication of Communicable Diseases, Dr. Nasir Sani Gwarzo, appreciated the role played by the federal government in creating emergency response unit and incident centre headed by a renowned medical practitioner, Dr Abdulsalam Nasidi.
