OUR PROTECTION IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY

All praise is due to Allah and may His choicest salutations continue to descend upon our Master and Leader Mohammed (alayhis salaam)

“And Allah will not punish them whilst they seek forgiveness “[8:33],

South Africa is in the throes of political and economic instability. The call for a national shutdown on Monday 20 March 2023 is in protest of everything going wrong in South Africa. It is meant to underscore the growing list of challenges plaguing the country. It however focuses on two key issues: a call for the president Cyril Ramaphosa to resign on one hand, and for the ending of load- shedding.

A Statement from the United Ulama Council of South Africa (UUCSA)*

Amidst the rubble and ruins lies the broken dreams; aspirations and hopes of millions of people…amidst the rubble and ruins lies the ashes of ‘Ubuntu’ consumed by the inferno of greed and guile…amidst the rubble and ruins lies the shattered confidence and trust in the government’s  ability to govern, to uphold the rule of law, to protect and to provide… as we to commemorate the life struggles of Nabi Ibrahim (as) amidst the rubble and ruins we see the resilience of a people following his Sunnah of perseverance; the blazing inferno and the intensity of the heat will isnha Allah subside and the unseen help of Allah will come as it came to Nabi Ibrahim if we respond with faith and trust in the mercy of our Creator.

We invoke the mercy and assistance of Almighty Allah as the third wave continues to surge especially in the Gauteng Province. The Delta variant, first identified in India is now becoming the dominant variant of the disease worldwide including South Africa. Studies suggest that delta is around 64 % more transmissible than the previous variants which perhaps explains the exponential spike in Gauteng.