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The following question was asked to Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (hafidhahullah Ta'ala).  The recording has been cleaned up to reduce to improve its overall quality and is posted below along with its translation by our brother Rasheed ibn Estes Barbee (hafidhahullah Ta'ala):

Question: May Allah treat you well, the questioner says “I want to go to Mecca for Umrah but I am afraid due to the Coronavirus. Is this a weakness in faith or taking the necessary means? 

Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan: This is weakness in reliance upon Allah the Exalted. Place your trust in Allah and go for Umrah, pray in Masjid al-Haraam and do not fear anything except Allah the Exalted. If a prohibition is issued preventing entering a country based upon a report from doctors then there is nothing wrong (with following this report). The Prophet may Allah exalt his rank said about the plague:

"If you hear of an outbreak of plague in a land, do not enter it; but if the plague breaks out in a place while you are in it, do not leave that place." (Sahih al-Bukhari 5728)

Thus if a probation is issued based upon correct knowledge, then do not go. But as long as the doors are open, and the people are performing Umrah and visiting the Prophet’s Masjid, then do not have this severe fear.

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Translated by Rasheed ibn Estes Barbee