Director of the Women’s Islamic Seminaries of Esfahan Province:

More than 500 women seminarians in Esfahan are working to fight the Coronavirus

Hujjat al-Islam Bahrami said that more than 500 women seminarians in Esfahan are working ‎in a jihadi manner to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) by producing of ‎hygienical items, including sewing masks, footwear, hospital gowns and also work in the field ‎of counseling, media and online.‎

News ID: 450049

Date: 29 April 2020 - 12:51

RNA – In an exclusive interview with Rasa News Agency, Hujjat al-Islam Gholamreza ‎Bahrami, the director of the Women’s Islamic Seminaries of Esfahan Province, stated that ‎more than 500 women seminarians in Esfahan are working in a jihadi manner to prevent the ‎spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) by producing of hygienical items, including sewing masks, ‎footwear, hospital gowns and also work in the field of counseling, media and online.‎

He said, “From the beginning of the outbreak of the Coronavirus, the women seminarians ‎entered the battlefield and at the present time, seventy women seminarians are working with ‎the jihadi camp of the Islamic Seminaries of Esfahan Province at three levels of patient ‎support at the Silk Garden Rehabilitation Centre, the sewing of masks and the distribution of ‎disinfectants in order to help people.”‎

Hujjat al-Islam Bahrami added, “A number of women jihadi seminarians, under environmental ‎health supervision and complete protective medical gear carried out ghusl (ablution), ‎shrouding and burial of the victims of the Coronavirus.”‎

His Eminence noted, “With the intention of health and hastening the reappearance of Imam ‎al-Mahdi and protecting the people from disasters, the women’s seminaries have started the ‎good tradition of sacrificing animals and fourteen sacrificial sheep have been distributed ‎among the needy.”‎

Hujjat al-Islam Bahrami stated that the women seminarians have also included online cultural ‎and spiritual activities in their agenda and added, “Among the measures taken include ‎spiritual programs such as the recitation of supplications and Quran online, the preparation ‎of nutritional food packages for seminarians and people in need, providing and removing ‎doubts about the Coronavirus online, reciting the seventh supplication of Sahifah al-‎Sajjadiyyah [Scripture of Sajjad], visiting patients and comforting the medical staff.”‎

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