The Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments announced that in light of the meeting held today by His Excellency Lieutenant-General Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Supreme Council of Health and Head of the National Medical Team to Address Coronavirus, with Sheikh Dr. Rashid bin Muhammad Al-Hajri, Chairman of the Sunni Endowments Council, and Mr. Yusuf bin Saleh Al-Saleh, Chairman The Jaafari Endowments Council to review the developments of the national efforts to address the virus, developments and reports on the current data that show the high cases of Coronavirus infection as a result of gatherings during the Eid Al-Fitr holiday.

Accordingly, and in light of the Sharia opinions issued by the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs regarding the performance of ritual acts during the spread of the Corona pandemic (Covid 19), and what was agreed upon in the aforementioned meeting between the head of the national medical team and the chief endowments, the Ministry of Justice and Affairs decided The Islamic Endowments and Endowments waits to hold the Friday prayer at this stage and decided to postpone the decision to hold it to a later date after reviewing developments and reports on the data in a timely manner.

Relevant decisions in this regard will be reviewed in accordance with Sharia controls on an ongoing basis to preserve the health and safety of everyone, asking the Almighty, the Almighty, to accept from everyone the righteous deeds, and to protect our country and the Muslim countries and the whole world from epidemics and bad illnesses, and to provide healing and wellness to those affected by it, and that Everyone will be protected from it, hasten the end of this epidemic in the near future, and bless us with security, safety and reassurance.