Representative of the Supreme Leader in Mazandaran:
Hujjat al-Islam Mohammadi-Laeini referred to the upcoming holy month of Ramadhan and stressed the need to assist the needy and deprived people of society.
Iraqi Source of Emulation:
Ayatollah al-Fayyadh said that according to shari’ah, the obtainment of the existence of rational and strong possibility of detriment or harm for each day of the month of Ramadhan is an obligatory condition for abandoning one’s fast.
Director of the Islamic Seminary of Hormozgan:
Referring to the faithful assistance of the Iranian people to their compatriots due the difficult conditions of Coronavirus, Hujjat al-Islam Haqqiqi said, “The current difficult situation clarified the difference between the rich culture of Islamic Iran and the Western lifestyle.”
Ayatollah Isa Qasim:
The Bahraini Shi’ah leader said the Coronavirus had affected the world and exposed the moral crises and fear throughout the world today.
Qom Friday Prayer Leader:
Ayatollah Arafi stated that Coronavirus was a trigger for human beings and said, “We consider this tribulation to be unfortunate for human beings and we would never choose it for any human being. All human beings must treat this tribulation and other social anomalies, we must follow the medical and health laws and seek to solve the problem.”
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has urged the country’s authorities to release its already severely ailing leader Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky given the risks he faces from continued imprisonment amid the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
Hujjat al-Islam Khosropanah:
Referring to the narrations and answers to some doubts in this Imam al-Mahdi, a teacher of philosophy and theology emphasized that the world government of Imam al-Mahdi contradicts the idea of secularism and the Imam’s justice is pervasive in all fields.
Ayatollah Arafi:
The head of the Islamic Seminaries of Iran said, “The issue of awaiting and the saviour and end times have been fully raised in a glorious manner in all Islamic sects and schools of thought.”
The head of Iran’s Islamic Seminaries expresses solidarity with Pope Francis, who heads the Roman Catholic Church, in the pontiff’s concerns about the human suffering caused by the new coronavirus pandemic, offering cooperation with the Vatican in the face of the far-and-wide crisis.