Mukund Mishra / Lucknow

Muslims have been asked to avoid meeting each other and saying prayers in a congregation on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramazan called Juma -tul-Vida (The Friday of goodbye) in the wake of a strong wave of Covid-19 prevailing in India.   

Maulana Khaleed Rashid Firangi Mahali, the head of the Islamic Center of India and a renowned Islamic scholar has asked the Muslims to pray at their homes and not to greet each other by hugging or shaking hands in view of the possibility of spreading the disease.

Juma-tul-Vida begins on the evening of May 6 and will last till the end of the next day, the Friday.

He said as per the protocol of the Covid-19 situation, only five persons will offer namaz in the mosque and the rest of the Muslims must pray at home and seek divine blessings for getting the country rid of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Maulana said that on the occasion of Juma-tul-Vida, people should not embrace each other nor shake hands. Offering prayers only while staying in their homes and must observe social distancing while offering Namaz.