"From Plagues And Biopolitics In The Ottoman Empire"

An Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Maulana Advised Muslims To Do The Following To Banish Plagues:

1. Being Completely Clean

2. Asking For GOD's Forgiveness

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3. Gratefully Praising GOD

4. Asking For Muhammad's Intercession While Praying

5. Eating According To Islamic Law (Halal)

6. Not Owning Questionable Property

7. Not Desiring To Acquire Things

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8. Having A Peaceful Heart And Clean Ideas

9. Having Hidden Pleasure

10. Avoiding Taking Refuge In Worldly Matters

11. Having Healthy Beliefs

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12. Not Being [Hypocritical]

13. Having GOD Illuminate One's Heart

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List Of #PLAGUES That Hit Muslims In History(Compiled By An Ottoman Hanbali Scholar)

Event And Year Of Occurance/Reported Number Of Casualties

Plague Of 'Amwās(639) 25,000-30,000

Plague Of Al-Jārif(690)51 Over 214,000

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PlagueOf Al-Fityān(DateUnknown) NotGiven

PlagueOf Al-Ashrāf(Ca.702-714)Not Given

PlagueOf 'Adī B.Artan(719)NotGiven

PlagueOf AbbasidRevolution(Ca.750)NotGiven

GreatPlague FromHind, Al-'Ajam(1032)4,000(In Mosul Alone)

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Plague In Mosul, Al-Jazīra, Baghdad(1047)4,000

Ten-Month Plague In Egypt(1063) Not Given

Plague In Damascus(1076) 496,500

The Black Death/"Universal Plague"(1348) Half Of The Population; 20,000 Per Day In Cairo

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Second "Universal Plague"(1430) Not Given

Plague In Egypt(1449) 5,000 Per Day In Cairo

Widespread Plague(1601) Not Given

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