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Islam's Solution to

Humanity's Gravest
Challenge - Aids
AIDS is a fatal disease that weakens the resistance of the body and makes it
defenseless against all kinds of infections such as pneumonia, diarrhoeas, Kaposi's
Sarcoma, etc.

Anyone who develops AIDS will die within a few years and the death is likely to be
horrible.

Until today there is still NO CURE for it.

AIDS is spread mainly due to indiscriminate sexual activity, homosexuality & drug
abuse.

So escapism or running away from the facts will not help in finding a solution....
rather it is time that we reflect upon the following warning given by the Prophet
Muhammed (sallallahu alaihe wa-sallam)

"Whenever sexual permissiveness spreads among the people until it


becomes declared, infections and killing diseases, as well as illnesses not
previously found in their ancestors will spread among them" Sunan Ibn
Majah

Sex is a naturals inborn, biological urge that must find expression. Allah put it there
to ensure propagation of mankind; as clearly seen from the following verse in the
Qur'aan:
"Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth (have sexual relations
with you wives), when or how you will, (and ask Allah to bestow upon you
pious offspring." The Noble Qur'aan 2 : 223

And the Prophet Muhammed (sallallahu alaihe wa-sallam) advised the young
generation, saying:

"O Young People! Whoever among you can marry, should marry, because it helps
you to lower your gaze and guard your modesty (i.e. keeps you away from adultery),
and whoever is not able to marry, should fast, as fasting is a means of suppressing
sexual desire." Saheeh al-Bukhari and Saheeh Muslim

Note: The above two sayings of the Prophet Muhammed (sallallahu alaihe wa-sallam)
give by their wisdom, both the cause of the AIDS problem as well as its cure.
Sex outside of marital bonds is termed as "Zina" (fornication / adultery) and Allah
says in the Qur'aan : "And come not near to Zina (fornication). Verily, it is a
Fahisha (i.e. a great sin) and an evil way." [The Noble Qur'aan 17 : 32]

The ill effects of Zina (fornication) can clearly be seen in the Western countries
where indiscriminate sexual activity seems to be the rule rather than the exception.
The direct consequences of which being a high rate of divorce, the alarming increase
of 'single mothers' and the breakdown of the family, as the most basic unit of the
society.

It is therefore not difficult to realize the divine wisdom behind the strict punishments
for Zina (fornication / adultery) in Islaam, as Allah says: "Verily, those who like
the crime of Zina (fornication) should be propagated among those who
believe, they will have a painful torment in this world and in the Hereafter.
And Allah knows and you know not." [The Noble Qur'aan 24:193]

In the process of "so-called modernization", we have moved further and further from
the teachings of Islam. We think we can get away with anything and have ignored
the admonition:

"Verily, the punishment of your Lord is severe." [The Noble Qur'aan 85:12]

Such was also the case of the people of the time of Prophet Lut, "And Remember
Lut, when he said to his people - Do you commit the worst sin such as none
preceding you have committed among the mankind and jinn ? Verily, you
satisfy your lusts on men instead of women ! Nay but you are a people
transgressing beyond bounds (by committing great sins)." [The Noble Qur'aan
7 :80-81]

This is because Homosexuality is against nature (Fitrah), against common sense,


against anatomy, against physiology, against logic, against aesthetics; and yet we
find the Western media portray homosexuality as "Freedom of Choice" as if it is an
acceptable form of social behavior.

Muslims Beware! Do not let such an attitude develop in your society.

As for those homosexual men from among the nation of Prophet Lut - the Qur'aan
says:

"Verily, they were a people given to evil and were the Fasiqun
(disobedient). The Noble Qur'aan 21:74

and their punishment was ....

"And we (Allaah) rained down on them a rain (of stones). And see what was
the end of the Mujrimun (sinners)." The Noble Qur'aan 7 : 84

Drug Abuse
All substances which cause damage to a person's health or those that cause
intoxication are totally forbidden (Haraam) to be used by Muslims. As the
following authentic Hadeeth clearly state:

Every intoxicant is Khamr and every intoxicant is Haraam (forbidden)


Saheeh Muslim

There are two things that many people waste: health and free time. Saheeh
al-Bukhari

Besides what drives people to begin using drugs? Escapism, the inability to cope with
life or a lack of emotional support. The only solution can be the strengthening of
family ties and the remembrance of Allah, for it is "in the remembrance of Allah
do hearts find tranquillity." The Noble Qur'aan 13:28

Parents! Teachers! Social Workers! Concerned Citizens!

Remember ! it is now up to you to stop this degradation of social values. Islamic


morals and manners have to be revived. Prostitution, Pornographic literature/films
and all other forms of immorality must be done away with completely.

The real danger is mainly to adolescents and teenagers in high-school, college or


university; who while away from homes experiment with sex ... unaware of the
dangers. Then the only thing that will protect them from AIDS is their faith in Allah
and a firm belief that all forms of illegal sexual expression (outside marital bonds)are
totally forbidden to the believing Muslims.

Those Muslims in the AIDS awareness program should remember that during the
annual 'December' celebration of the 'World AIDS Day", when the slogan is "SAFE
SEX" (i.e. the compulsory use of the condom); your slogan should be "NO SEX
OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE"

Research on AIDS, while promoting the use of condoms, unanimously


agrees that the only sure way to avoid exposure to HIV is ........

1. to abstain from sexual intercourse entirely


2. to have a mutually faithful relationship with an uninfected person.

[AIDS -Humanity's Gravest Challenge by Dr. Pushpa Khurana, (1989) p.77]

Amazing to see that modern research is but an echo of the advice given by our
Prophet Muhammed,1400 years ago.

[Read the Hadeeth again]


Therefore let us learn from the pain and devastation of AIDS the lesson that the

Hudood (limitations) set up by Allah, the Almighty must be followed strictly and let

us also use the following Hadeeth in our fight against AIDS


"Fear Allaah wherever you may be" Sunan at-

Tirmidhi and Musnad Ahmed bin Hambal

Time Watch

In the year 1978, The World Health Organization passed a resolution at Alma Ata,
"Health for all by 2000 CE". Efforts begin in the elimination of small pox and
successful control is gained over other contagious diseases and viral infections,
brightening the hope of achieving the goal. In 1981 all the hopes are shattered by
the discovery of a new disease called AIDS.

By December 1995 the total number of AIDS cases world-wide reached 6.8 million
and there seems to be no hope of finding a cure before 2000 CE. AIDS is currently
the world's most frightening killer disease. The Noble Laureate Dr. Hoshua
Lederberg, President of Rockefeller University, said that AIDS would become the
world's third-leading killer disease that would kill 10 percent of the world's population
over the next 20 years. [Arab News, Jan 29,1990].

In India the worst affected states are Maharashtra (1286 cases), Tamil Nadu (492),
Manipur (104), Punjab (100), Delhi (100), Pondicherry (100), Kerala (96), MP (65),
UP (56), Karnataka (51), Bengal (44) and Gujarat (25). Overall India has about 2574
registered cases, that means that every one in two patients are from Maharashtra
and Bombay, the pride of Maharashtra has 962 patients

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